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READER, 



QUESTIONS, NOTES, AND REFERENCES. 



By ANDREW J. GRAHAM. . 



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PUBLISHED BY ANDREW J. GRAHAM, 



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KEY 

TO THE FIRST 

STANDAIiD-PHOtfOGRAPHIC READER. 



§ 1. This Key is designed for use -when Standard Phonography is studied in ac- 
cordance with the second method of study described in the next paragraph. Its 
Notes and Questions will be highly useful to those who have studied in accordance 
with the first method. 

§2. TWO METHODS OF STUDY. 

The Standard-Phonographic Series secures two methods of instruction and study. 
FIRST. The books may be studied in the ordinary method, the Principles and 
the Details being learned from the Hand-Book and then Applied and Familiar- 
ized in reading and writing the exercises (1) in the Hand-Book, according to the 
exercise, and (2) in the First Beader^and (8) in the Second Eeader. SECONDLY. 
There may be learned only those Principles which are indispensable for com- 
mencing to read (as by the study of the Synopsis up to p. 22), and then these prin- 
ciples may be Familiarized, and the Details thoroughly acquired, by reading (1) 
the interlinear exercises of the Synopsis, (2) the First Eeader, by aid of its Key, 
and (3) the Second Eeader with its Key. The Hand-Book, as an Encyclopaedia 
of Principles and Details, being referred to as indicated by references in the 
Eeaders. The second method will be found easiest for private students, especially 
for young persons, and should be adopted for classes taking short courses of 
le.sons. 

§3. METHOD OF READING AND PRACTICE. 

1. Rend, by aid of the Key, a page of the engraving, or so much as may have 
been assigned as an exercise ; answer the questions at the bottom of the Key-panes ; 
read the notes carefully ; and make the references to the Hand-Book, indicated in 
the Key-pages and in the Notes and References (pp. 75-82, referred to by the small 
figures in the engraving). 

2. As soon as a page or exercise can be read easily without reference to the Key, 
the engraving should be placed in view as a " copy," and copied several times, 
with a pen, until all the characters can be easily and gracefully form d, and espe- 
cially until the form and position of each word-sign, contraction, and phrase-sign 
are carefuUy impressed upon the memory. 

3. That the preceding requirement has been well complied with, will be demon- 
strated if the pupil can then phonograph the words of the Key, and a comparison 
of the writing with the engraving should reveal no errors. 

This method of reading and practice, though laborious, should be strictly con- 
formed to, the pupil being assured ihat no other method will so rapidly advance 
him or her to the thorough knowledge and easy use of one of the most beautiful 
and useful arts. 

NOMENCLATURE. 

§ 4. The system of naming the letters should be familiarized, not only for its 
present use, but so that the Phonographic Dictionary may be easily and certainly 
us<-d io ascertain the best outlines in all your phonographic writins. Without a 
name-system a Phonographic Dictionary with the requisite completeness would 
have been practically impossible. Without the Phonographic Dictionary many 



IV KEY TO THE FIRST READEE. 

bad forms for words would be employed, many phonograph ers would secure but a 
portion of the advantages and benefits of Phonography, and many, perhaps, would 
abandon it at the very threshold of success. 
§ 5. For the Names — 



8. Of the Ler- and Eel-hook Signs— § 175. 

9. Of the Ef- and En-Hook Signs— §183 ; 

184 ; 186, E. 2. 

10. Of the Shon- and Tiv-Hook Signs— 

§ 192; 193. 

11. Of the Small Hook for Shon— § 197. 

12. Of Widened Em— § 204, E. 1. 

13. Of Lengthened Letters— § 20T, E. 1 ; 

264, E. 2. 

14. Of the Shortened Letters— § 214. 

15. Of Enlarged Way and Yay— § 262, 

E. 1; 263, E. 1. 



1. Of the Primary Consonant-Signs— see 

the Compendium, Part II. of the 
Hand-Book, § 14, and E. 1, 2, and 3. 

2. Of the Large Circle and the Loops — 

§ 28, E. 2 ; 29, E. 2 ; 30, E. 2. 

3. Of the Yowel-Signs -§ 49. 

4. Of the Diphthong-Signs - § 100. 

5. Of the El- and Ar-Hook Signs-§ 165. 

6. Of the Ar-Hooks preceded by a Circle 

or Loop— § 171, E. 1. 

7. Of the Hook for Ln, En, or Uiv- % 174, 

E. 1. 
§ 6. To which let there be added— 

1. That dashes, angles, and ticks may be indicated by quoting the word's for 
which they stand, as t all,' • of.' 4 1,' or names may be formed for them by adding to 
the names of the half-lengths which these small signs resemble the syllable oid, 
signifying like or resembling ; thus, Petoid 1 , i. e., Fei-like, which is the sign for Of. 

2. That Prefix and Affix signs are indicated by quoting them, thus, ' con,' 
* accom,' ' ing,' i bility,' or syllable-names may be employeo: for some. 

3. That the position of a si<rn is denoted by a small (" superior") figure, as * for 
the First Position (39, 1), * for the Second Position (39, 2), 3 for the Third Position 
(39, 3), 4 for the reporting Fourth Position. 260. 

4. That a Hyphen (-) denotes Joining of letters; a Colon (:), Disjoining or 
Near; a Dagger (t), Crossing ; as in En-Yee-, Ntrer ; Kay^Bee, Capability; 
En 1 tTee, Notwithstanding. 

EEFEEENCES. 

§ 7. Throughout this work it should be observed — 

1. That the references, unless otherwise specified, are to the Compendium, Part 
II. of the Hand-Book. C. or Comp. = Compendium. Orth.=Orthographer, Part 
Y. of the Hand-Book. Syn.= Synopsis. 

2. That the references are to the sections and their subdivisions, unless preceded 
by p.=page. Two or more references are separated by a semicolon ; thus, 43; 150. 

§S. KEY TO THE PEONUNCIATION. 

ale, at or at, ask, art, ah ; ser=air ; eve, ell or ell, her ; ire, it or it ; old, none, on, 
for, ol=all ; pare, up or up, tui=too, ful=full, kud=could, tuk=took ; thin ; dhen 
=t/ieu ; shall ; vizlron=: vision. Accent (•) ; prezent : prezenf. Syllable-Mark 
(.). Orthographic, or Common-Spelling, Mark 0) > /Edmburgh=Ed'inburo, 
zphthisic^iz-ik, ^hough^dbo. 

§ 9. Observe that in the use of a twelve-vowel scale (44 ; 47) some of the vowel- 
signs represent two sounds, as specified— 

1. The second-place heavy dot represents either a as in ail— al, or ai as in air= 
ser, i. e., either a or as, the latter being the prolonged sound of a as in at. 2. The 
second-place light dot represents either e or e, i. e., e as in met or e as in fern. 3. 
The third-place heavy dot represents either a or h, i. e., either a as in ah, father, or 
the same sound simply shortened, as in art, arm, part, after. 4. That the third- 
place light Cot represents either a or a, i. e., either a as in at {i. e., se shortened) or 
a as in ask, which requires the tongue to be in position midway between a and a, 
i. e., straight. 4 a' requires it to be curved up, thus, <—, and a requires the root of 
the tongue to be depressed. 5. The first-place heavy dash stands for both o and 6, 
i. e., for a as in all=ol, and the same sound simply shortened as in long, ldst, horse, 
or, dog. 6. The second-place heavy dash stands for either 6 or o, i. e., either o as 
in old, known=iidn, or o as in lohole— hoi or none=\L(m. 

lu a few instances the pronunciation in the Key differs from that of the engrav- 
ing, to accord with the better-considered pronunciation of the Standard- Phono- 
graphic Dictionary. 



KEY 



FIKST STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC READER. 



WHAT I LIVE FOR. 



I liv for dhoz hra luv me, 

For dhoz I no ar trii, 
For dhe heven dhat smilz abuv me, 

And awats mi spirit, tin ; 
For dhe human tiz dhat bind me, 
For dhe task bi God asind me, 
For dhe brit hops left behind me, 

And dhe gud dhat I kan dm. 

I liv to lern dhar stori 

Hra'v suferd for mi sak, 
Tu emyulat dhar glori, 

And folo in dhar wak, 



Bardz, marterz, patriots, sajez, 
Dhe nobel ov ol ajez, 
Hmz dedz kroun hist'ri'z pajez, 
And Tim'z grat volyum mak. 

I liv tu hal dhe sezon, 

Bi gifted mindz fortold, 
When men shal ru.1 bi rezon, 

And not alon bi gold — 

When man tu man yunited, 

And everi rong thing rited, 

Dhe hoi wurld shal be lited 

Az Eden woz ov old. 



Questions. — What is a word-sign ? See § 33. What is a sign-word ? 33. What 
is the rule of position for word-signs ? 39. What is the sign for All ? [63 ; 69]— 
alone? and when alone ? and joined ? [71] are? [37]— as? be? [55, b]— by ? 
can? do? [55, &]- every? for? God? great? hope? hopes? [38, 2]— I? in? 
intbeir? [211]— know? man? men ? [55, a] -me ? my? not? of? [68; 69]— 
shall, spirit, that ? the when alone ? [69]— the joined ? [70]— their ? thing ? those ? 
to (tu)? two (tin)? was? when? who? who've? [69 ; 201, E. 4]— whose ? [69, 
E. 3]— whole ? [55, a]— world ? 

With what should w following an initial vowel be written ? 117, 4. What is the 
rule of position for words of horizontal letters only ? 52. For words having, per- 
pendicular or sloping letters ? 53. For words whose first or only inclined conso- 
nant is half-length ? 219. How may a dash-vowel be written to read between the 
consonants of an El-hook or Ar-hook sign ? 169, 3. See Gold, volume, foretold, 
on p. 5. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



6* 



I liv tu hold komarryon 

Widh ol dhat iz divnr, 
Tu fel dher iz a yrairyon 

'Twixt natyur'z hart and min ; 
Tu profit bi-aflik-shon, 
Eep trudhz from feldz ov fikshon, 
Gro wizer from konvikshon, 

And fulfil ech grand dezln. 



I liv for dhoz lira luv mS, 

For dhoz hra no me tru., 
For dhe heven dhat smilz abuv me, 

And awats mi spirit, tra ; 
Fdr dhe rong dhat nedz rezist-ans, 
For dhe koz dhat laks asist'ans, 
For dhe futyur in dhe distans, 

And dhe gud dhat I kan dra. 

G. L. Banks. 



SYSTEMATIC READING. 

Red sistematikali. Nuthing truli yrasful and permanent kan be 
akwird* widhout a plan ; no wun ever bekam wel-infornid bi aksident. 
Begin widh element 'ari fakts and prinsipelz, and az yu advans", yu 
wil prez-entli se at lest dhe relashonz and konek*shonz ov dhe differ- 
ent depart -ments ov nolej . Dm not run from wun subjekt tn anudher : 
wun thing at a tim iz ordinarili enuf* for most mlndz. Let yur 
reding-tlm be sakredli aprdpriated, remembering hou much yrasful 
nolej iz tn be akwird, and hou short dhe tim tu akwir it. 

Rtd sloli. It iz not dhe reding ov meni buks dhat sekurz- nolej. 
Sum fer tu admit dhat dha hav not red dhe nu publikashonz ov dhe 
da ; but it iz a pitiful ambishon, dhat ov dhe omnivorus reder, hra 
wishez tu be understud* az having red everything, and hra tu enabel 
him tu prat widh aperans 



Questions.— "What is the word -sign for Another? at? but? different? do not? 
each? every? from? have? having? [282,4]— him? [55, a]— how ? is? it? let? 
much? nature? nature's? [40, E. 2] — no? one? principle? principles? [40,2] — 
read? reading? remembering? subject? there? they? to be ? truth? truths? 
use? useful? [40, 2]— with? without? wish? wishes? you? your? What is 
the contraction [104, E. 2] for Understood? new? knowledge? How are the 
words of the implied ? 248. How is the prefix well- expressed ? 229. What word 
of a phrase usually determines its position ? 245. See Can be, it is not the, every- 
thing, on p. 6. 

Phonographic, Description. — The naming of the phonographic outlines, in accord- 
ance with the system of Phonographic Nomenclature, is called Phonographic De- 
scription. Some specimens of it will occur in subsequent pages when space allows. 



7* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

ov information, skimz tbrtu dhis wurk and dhat, or hunts throi dhe 
revuz* and gets a sekond-hand smatering, tu sekur dhe praz ov being 
wel-red. 

Dhoz hui truli dezir tu impruiv, wil despiz such afektashon, and he 
kontent tu red deliberate. I diu not men slugishli, but tholfuli. 
Dher iz a wurld ov wizdom in dhe old ad\aj, "Mak hast sloli," and 
dhoz hui red, az ol shud, for dhe purpos ov akwlring ymsful nolej, 
wil obzcrv dhat adaj bl reding widh a fixt efort ov atenshon and that. 
It woz remark t bl Haler ,(HaUer), dhat "We ar def whil yoning, for 
dhe sam akt ov drouzines which openz our moudhz, klozez our erz. ' ' 
It iz much dhe sam in akts ov dhe understanding. A lazi, haf-aten- 
shon amounts tu a mental yon. 

In aming at mental impruivment, our objekt ma be konsiderd in a 
tra-fold aspekt : tu fil dhe mind widh fakts involving prinsipelz, and 
tu enlarj dhe mind itself ; tu sharpen dhe fakultiz, and tu strengthen 
dhem. Dhe reder wonts not onli materialz for hiz bizines, but he 
must imprrav dhe tmlz ov hiz trad, hiz mental fakultiz. Diskursiv 
reding wil never dui edher. Bl it dhe mind iz mad a mer pasiv 
resipient, not an aktiv ajent ; and dhe dremi, haf-kot Ideaz ov dhe 
other pas awa Ilk shad'oz, leving no definit or permanent impreshonz. 

Rtd ividh a rczoluslion tu mak ivhot yu red yur on. Several waz ov 
dining dhis ma be sujest-ed. Dhe most important iz a habit ov fixt 
atenshon and thot, Anudher iz tu lit az yu red ; tu mak an ab'strakt 
ov yur othor : its rezults ar sliur and inval-yuabel. Amung dhez 
rezults wil be wun which everi person shud dezir- — dhe abiliti tu expres 
himself widh puriti and presizhon. Wun othor dhus studid wil 
benefit dhe mind mor dhan fifti past over rapidli. 

Questions.—'What is the sign for At ? away ? being ? (derivative word-sign — 
40,2)— by? either? every? for? for his? (p. 142, E. 7, a— 245)— he ? himself? [232, 
13] -his? [37, E. 1]— important ? improve? improvement? invaluable? [deriva- 
tive word-sign -ITS] — may? made? materials? [e7z6\<?:= derivative word-sign— 210] — 
mere? more? never ? of his? [245]— or ? own ? [55, «]-our ? object? [142, E. 1] — 
over? remark? remarked? [ITS]— several? should? [72]— this? thought? than? 
through? then? thus? want? way? we are? well? what? while? which? 
will ? What is the affix-sign for -ing ? [232, 4.] 

Phonographic Description. — "Dhoz hui truli dezir," etc.— Dhees 3 Jedoid 2 [/. e., 
like Jed, or sh -rtened Jay, ihe syllable oid signifying like, as in spheroid — sphere- 
like] Ter-Lay Dees-Ar Petoid 2 Emp 2 , Lay 2 Dees 2 -Pees Iss-Chay [or Schay] Ef- 
Kay-Teeslion, Ketoid-Bec 2 ' con':Tent 2 Petoid 2 Ard 1 Del-Bret Lay. Eetoid- 
Dent* Men* Slay-Gay-Shel, Tetoid 2 Thet^-Fel. Dhers 2 -Ketoid Eld 2 Petoid 1 Zed 1 - 
Em Eni-Chetoid Eld 2 Dee-Jay, "Ein 2 -Kay Hayst Slay-Lay," Ketoid-Dhees 3 Jedoid 2 
Ard 1 , Iss 2 Bedoidi Chetoid 2 — . 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



Bl konversing widh udherz relativ tu whot you hav red, espeshali if 
dha ar familyar widh dhe subjekt, dhe mind wil be stinryulated, and 
obtan a beter komand ov its nolej, and dhe fakts and prinsipelz wil be 
mor depli imprest upon it. * ' Reding maks dhe ful man, rlting dhe 
korekt man, and speking the redi man." Dr. Pots. 



NOTE-MAKING. 

Dhe praktis ov rlting doun thots and fakts for dhe purpos ov holding 
dhem fast, and preventing dhar eskap intu dhe dim rejon ov forget- 
fulnes, haz bin much rezdrted tu bi thotful and stiidius men. Adison 
amast az much az thre foTyoz ov man-yuskript materialz befor he 
began hiz " Spektator." Lord Bakon left behind him meni manyu- 
skripts, entlteld " Suden Thots set doun for Yuis." Erskin mad grat 
extrakts from Burk ; and Elclon kopid Kok upon Lit-elton twls over 
widh hiz on hand, so dhat dhe buk bekam, az it wer, part ov hiz on 
mind. Dhe lat Dr. Pi Smith, when aprentist tu hiz fadher az a buk- 
bmder, woz akustomd tu mak kopius memoranda ov ol dhe buks he 
red, widh extrakts and kritisizms. Dhcz not-buks afterwarclz prrovd 
Ilk ^ichter's "Kworiz," dhe grat storhous from which he dru hiz 
ilustrashonz. 

Dhe sam praktis kar-akterizd dhe eminent Jon Hunter, hrn adopted 
it for dhe purpos ov suplling dhe defekts ov memori ; and he woz 
akustomd dhus tu ilustrat dhe advantajez tu be derivd from puting 
wun'z thots in rlting. "It rezembelz," he sed, " a tradzman taking 
an akount ov stok, widhout which he never ndz edher whot he pozesez, 
or in v T hot he iz defishent." Samyuel Sniilz. 



Questions.— -What is the sign for Account? advantage? advantages? after- 
ward? and he was? as a? as it? as much as? [246]— before? down? especial-ly? 
full? has been ? [24^] — he is? if? if they are [211]— know? knows? Lord? manu- 
script? put? putting? of his own? [245]— of its? one's? so? so that the? to his? 
upon? upon it? use(yras)? were? will oe? without which? you have ? 245. 

Observe that the tick for A-n-d is perpendicular or horizontal, and the The-tick 
slanting. How can the A-n-d tick be written to imply a preceding ing t How can 
the 7%e-tick be written for that purpose ? What is the affix-sign for -fulness t 232, 2, 



9* KEY TO THE FIEST KEADEK. 



THE MOSS-COVERED BUCKET. 

1. Hou der tu mi hart ar dhe senz ov mi clrildhud, 

When fond rekolekshon prezents dhem tu vd ! 
Dhe orchard, dhe medo, dhe dep tanggeld wildwud, 

And everl luvd spot which ml infansi nil ; 
Dhe wid-spreding pond, and dhe mil dhat stud bi it, 

Dhe brij and dhe rok whser dhe katarakt fel, 
Dhe kot ov ml fadher, dhe dari-hous ni it, 

And e'n dhe riid buket which hung in dhe wel ! 
Dhe old oken buket, dhe irn-bound buket, 

Dhe mos-kuverd buket which hung in dhe wel. 

2. Dhat mos-kuverd vesel I hal as a trezhur ; 

For ofen, at num, when returnd from dhe feld, 
I found it dhe sors ov an ex'kwizit plezhur, 

Dhe purest and swetest dhat natyur kan yeld. 
Hou ardent I sezd it, widh handz dhat wer gloing, 

And kwik tu dhe whit-pebeld botom it fel, 
Dhen sun, widh dhe emblem of truth overfloing, 

And driping widh kuilnes, it roz from dhe wel : 
Dhe old oken buket, dhe irn-bound buket, 

Dhe mos-kuverd bufcet aroz from dhe wel. 



Questions. — What is the sign for And-the ? as a? at? dear? I? knew? nature? 
of an? of my? often? [201, R. 1] -over- when a prefix? [229]— pleasure ? that? 
that were ? them ? to the ? truth ? when ? How may a diphthong-sign be written 
so as to read between the consonants of an El-hook or Ar-hook sign? 169, 4. In 
what position should Fend for fond be written ? 219, 1. 

Phonographic Description. — " Hou der," etc. — pu 2 Der 2 Pet-old 2 Em 1 Art 2 Ar 2 - 
Eet-oid Sens 1 Petoidi-Em Cheldi-Dee, Wen 1 Fend 1 Eay-Kel-Kayshon Per-Sents 
Dhee 2 Petoid 2 Yee ! e 1 Ar-Cherd, e 1 Em-Dee, e 1 Dee-Pee Tee-Ing-Geld Weld 1 - 
Weh-Dee, Ketoid-Ver 2 Lay-Yed Spet 1 Chay 2 Em 1 En-Fen-Es En 2 -Chetoid ; e 1 
(wi)Dee Spred-r ing' Pend 1 , Ketnid 2 -Chetoid Em-Lay Dheti sted 2 Bee 1 Tee 2 . 
e 1 Ber-Jay Ketoid 2 -Chetoid Eay-Kay Wer 2 -Chetoid Ket-Eay-Ket Fel; e 1 Ket 1 
Petoidi-Em Efdher 2 , e 1 Dee-Eay Hays En 1 Tee 2 , Ketoid-En 1 e 1 Bay-Dee Bee-Ket 
Chay 2 Ing 2 Eni-Chetoid Wel 2 ! e 1 Eld 2 Ken Bee-Ket, e 1 Arn-Bend Bee-Ket, e 1 
Ems-Kef-Eed Bee-Ket Chay 2 Ing Eni-Chetoid Wel. 2 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 10* 

3. Hon swet from dhe gren mosi brim tu resev it, 

Az, poizd on dhe krjrb, it inklind tu mi lips ! 
Not a fiil-blushing goblet kud tempt me tu lev it, 

Dho fild widh dhe nektar which Jupiter sips. 
And nou, far remravd from dhat luvd sityuashon, 

Dhe ter ov regret wil intriisivli swel, 
As fansi reverts tu mi fadher'z plantashon, 

And siz for dhe birket which hangz in dhe wel ; 
Dhe old oken buket, dhe irn-bound bnket, 

Dhe mos-kuverd buket, which hangz in dhe wel. 



THE SHIFTING HUES OF LIFE. 

Lif haz, for an obzerver, such a kwik sukseshon ov interesting and 
amuzing adventyur, dhat it iz olmost inkonsevabel he shud ever fel 
dul, or weri ov it. No wun da rezembelz anudher. Everi our, everi 
minit, openz nu stdrz tu our experiens, and nti eksltments tu our 
kuriositi. We ar olwaz on dhe ev and on dhe moro ov sum surprizing 
event. Lik dhe moth, we ar forever filing tord a star — but widh dhis 
diferens, dhat we atan it, and if sumtimz we find dhat a halo which 
we fansid a glori iz but sum deseving mist, at lest we hav lernd a 
leson. 

If we luk upon lif merli az humbel students, we shal not fel eni 
grat biternes at such disapointments. It iz onli when we hug our 
ig'norans tu our harts, dhat we ar, and dezerv tu be, miz-erabel. But 
if we open dhe Iz ov dhe mind, and determin tu be nedher wontonli 
stupid nor inatentiv, an enchanted wurld beginz tu rlz from kaos. Dhe 
aspekt even ov dhe rram in which we sit groz llvli widh a thouzand 
unsuspekted kuriositiz. We dizern dhat dhe most ordinari person iz 
invested widh sum notisabel karakteristik. If we dan tu luk but for 
fiv minits at eni komon-plas thing, we bekum awaer ov its pekulyar 
buti ; and dher iz not a berd dhat wingz thruj dhe eer, nor a flouer 
dhat blosomz in dhe garden, nor an insekt 

Questions.— What is the sign for Almost? always? and on the? any? as? 
aware? become? could? difference? even? forever? has? [37, R. 1]— hour? if? 
if we? interest? interesting? in which? [24:6]— is not? merely? [Observe that the 
primitive word mere retains its position when the formative Lay for -ly is added. 
261, R. 2.]— my father? cor? now? on the? [72. &]— peculiar? surprise? [The 
first r omitted. 236, 4.]— surprising ? to be? toward? toward a-n? we? [140]— 
we find ? we have ? we shall not ? with a ? 



11* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

dhat krols in dhe depths ov dhe erth, nor a fish dhat swimz in dhe 
woter, but haz its on singgyular and delltful stori. — Houshold Wurdz. 



A WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT. 

A jentelman just returnd from dhe siti, woz surounded bi hiz chil- 
dren, hru wer eger tu her dhe nuz, and stil mor eger tu se dhe kontents 
ov a smol portmairto, which wer, wun bl wun, kasrfuli unfolded and 
displad tu vii. After distrib -yuting amung dhem a fii prezents, dhe 
fadher tuk hiz set agen, and dhe foloing konversashon tuk plas. 

Fadher. I hav brot from dhe siti, for mi on yrns, sumthing far mor 
kurius and valyuabel dhan eni ov dhe litel gifts which yu hav resevd. 
It iz tin gud tu prezent' tu eni ov yu, but I wil giv yu a bref deskrip- 
shon ov it, and dhen, perhaps, alou yu tu inspekt it. 

Bhis smol instrument displaz dhe most perfekt injeniiiti ov konstruk- 
shon, and dhe most exkwizit nisti and buti ov wurkmanship. From 
its extrem delikasi, it iz so liabel tu injiiri, dhat a sort ov lit kurten 
adornd widh a btitiful frinj, iz olwaz provided, and so plast az tu fol, 
in a moment, on dhe apioch ov dhe slitest danjer. Its external aperans 
iz olwaz mor or les butiful, oldho in dhis respekt dher iz a grat varieti 
in dhe diferent sorts. 

But dhe internal kontrivans iz dhe sam in ol ov dhem, and iz, in 
dhe hlest degre, kurius and wunderful. Bi a slit mravment ezili 
efekted bi dhe person tu huxm it belongz, yu kan asertan, widh grat 
akyurasi, dhe siz, kulor, shap, wat, and valyu ov eni artikel whotever. 
A person hur haz wun ov dhez instruments, iz savd dhe trubel ov 
asking a thouzand kwestyonz, and ov making trubelsum experiments, 
and, at dhe sam tim, 

Questions. — "What is the sign for After? again ? and ? and is ? and of? and the ? 
and then? any? as to? but? hut the? by a? by his? carefully? different? few? 
for? from the? gentleman? great? has? has it? has its? I have? I will? is? 
Is the? in the? in this respect? it is? more? my? nor? nor a? of a? of it ? of 
these ? [246, 1]— one ? own? or? something? than? that? then? they-m? there 
is a? this? to? too? use? value? valuable? was? were? whatever? which? 
who ? with ? with a ? you ? you have ? [245]— you can ? 

What is the sign for the prefix con- ? [223, 3]— for the affix -ing t [232, 4]— for 
-ing a ? 114. 



KEY TO THE FIRST EEADEE. 



12* 



bl its yrus, he obtanz much nior 
dhan he kud in eni udher wa. 

Edward. If dha ar such veri 
yuisful thingz, I wunder dhat everi 
bodi dhat kan aford it, duz not hav 
wun. 

F. Dha ar not so unkomon az 
yu ma supoz ; I no several individ- 
yualz hui pozes wun or tor ov 
dhem. 

Henri. Hou larj iz it, fadher ? 
Kud I hold it in ml hand ? 

F. Yu mit : but I shud be veri 
sori tu trust mln widh yu. 

E Yu wil be oblljd tu tak veri 
grat kasr ov it, dhen. 

F. Inded I must. I intend everi 
nit tu inkloz it in dhe smol skren 
ov which I told yu, and it must, 
besldz, okazhonali be wosht in a 
serten kulorles fluid, kept for dhis 
purpos. But notwidhstanding dhe 
tendernes ov dhis instrument, it 
ma be darted tu a grat distans, 
widhout dhe lest injuri or eni 
danjer ov lurzing it. 



akyurat and extensiv infdrmashon 

II. Hou hi kan yu dart it, 
fadher ? 

F. I am olmost afrad tu tel yu, 
lest yu shud think I am jesting. 

E. Hier dhan dhis hous, I supoz ? 

F. Much hier. 

H. Dhen hou dru yu get it agen ? 

F. It iz ezili kast doun agen bl 
a jentel rnuivment dhat duz it no 
injuri. 

E. But hui kan dru dhis ? 

F. Dhe person htuz bizines it iz 
tu tak kasr ov it. 

H. Wei, I kan not understand 
yu at ol ; but dui tel us, fadher, 
whot it iz chefli yurzd for. 

F. Its yuisez ar so varius, dhat I 
no not which tu menshon. It iz 
ov grat servis in deslfering old 
manyuskripts, and, inded, haz its 
yuis in modern prints. It wil asist 
us gratli in akwlring ol klndz ov 
nolej , and widhout it, 



Questions.— What is the sign for Almost ? [229]— and it must ? are ? as ? at all ? 
can ? can not ? care ? could ? do ? does ? does not ? down ? every ? for ? he ? 
higher? [102, E. 2]— how? I? [102]— I am? [103; 245] -if? if they are? [211]— 
is? is it? it? it will? [ITS]— kind ? kinds? [221]— know? knowledge? may? 
might? more ? [178]— much ? no? not? [221]— notwithstanding? of it? of them? 
of which? [246, 1]- other? [ITS]— several ? should be? [72, b]— tell? they are ? 
[17S]— they are not ? this ? [37]— to a-n ? told ? [221] -thing ? things ? [37 ; 3S, 11— 
uncommon? [37 ; p. 142, E. 5]— us? [37] -use ? uses ? [3S, 1]— useful ? [p. 142, E. b] 
—used? [221]— very? way? [37]— well? [140]— with ? [140]— which ? [37]— who? 
[69]— whose ? [69, E. 3]— without ? [221]— you ? [140, and E. 3]-you may ? [245]— 
you should ? you will be ? 

Observe that unaccented vowels are frequently omitted [239], and sometimes all 
the vowels of words of peculiar outline or of frequent occurrence, as instrument. 
239, 2. 



13* 



KEY TO THE FIRST HEADER. 



sum ov dhe most subllm parts ov 
kreaskon wud be matcrz ov mer 
konjekt-yur. 

E. AVel, tel us sumtking mor 
about it. 

F. It iz ov a veil penetrating 
kwoliti, and kan ofen diskuver 
sekrcts which kud be detekted bi 
no udher menz. It must be kon- 
fest, houever, dhat it iz ekwali 
liabel tu revel dhem. 

II. Whot ! kan it spek, dhen ? 

F. It iz sumtlmz sed tu dm so, 
espeshali when it mets widh wun 
ov its on speshez. 

E. Ov whot kulor iz it ? 

F. Dha vari konsiderabli in dhis 
respekt. 

E. Ov whot kulor iz ymrz ? 

F. I belev it iz ov a darkish 
kulor, but, tu konfes dhe truth, I 
never so it in ml lif. 

E. and H. Never so it in yur lif ? 

F. No, nor dm I wish tu se it : 



but I hav sen a reprezentashon ov 
it, which iz so exakt dhat ml kuri- 
ositi iz perfektli satisfld. 

E. But whl don't yu Ink at dhe 
thing itself? 

F. I shud be in danjcr ov lmzing 
it, if I did. 

H. Dhen yu kud bi anudher. 

F. Na, I belev dhat I kud not 
preval on enibodi tu part widh 
such a thing. 

E. Dhen hou did yu get dhis 
wun ? 

F. I am so fc-rtyunat az tu hav 
mor dhan wun : but hou I got 
dhem I reali kan not rekolekt. 

E. Not rekolekt ? Whi, yu sed 
yu brot dhem from dhe siti tu-nit. 

F. So I did ; I shud be sori if I 
had left dhem behind me. 

H. Tel, fadher, dm tel us dhe 
nam ov dhis wunderful instrument. 
F. It iz kold — an 1. 

Jan Tutor. 



Questions.— What is the sign for About ? at ? at the ? called ? [221]— could not ? 
[243]— do not ? [221]— equal-ly ? [ITS]— however ? [87]— I did ? [103] - 1 had ? [103 ; 
246, 1]— itself ? [37]— matter? [2 0]— mere ? [178]— often? [201, and E. 1]— repre- 
sentation ? [202] -see? [37]— something ? [142]— to have? [201, K. 4]— to-night? 
[229]-well? [140]— wish? [37]— which could be? [245]— why? [140]— would ? [140] 
— would be ? [245]— you could ? [245]. 

How is emphasis denoted? 80. What is the phonographic dash? 73. "What is 
the phonographic period? 78. 

From the references to the Hand-Book on this and the preceding page, the stu- 
dent will discover that that work gives classified partial lists of the word-signs 
and contractions. These signs will be better impressed upon the memory by 
studying, now and then, the partial lists, observing how the different uses of the 
same letter are distinguished by position— that, for instance, in § 37, Pee 2 is up; 
Pee 3 , hope; that Bee 1 is 5y, Bee 2 is be, and Bee 3 is to be. As to denoting position 
by figures, see § 260. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 14* 



POOR RICHARD'S SAYINGS. 

If prid ledz dhe van, begari bringz up dhe rer. He dhat kan travel 
wel afrit*, keps a gud hors. Tak dhis remark from Richard pmr and 
lam — Wkotar'z begun in angger endz in sham. Dhe wurst whel ov 
dhe kart maks dhe most noiz. Agenst disezez, no dhe stronggest 
fens iz dhe defensiv vertyu, abstinens. If yu wud hav a fathful 
servant, and wun dhat yu Ilk, serv yurself. 

A mob'z a monster ; widh hedz enuf-, but no branz. Dhe diskon- 
tented man flndz no ezi cheer. When prosperiti woz wel mounted, she 
let go dhe brldel, and sun kam tumbling out ov dhe sadel. A litel 
neglekt ma bred grat mischif ; for wont ov a nal dhe shm woz lost, 
and for wont ov a shui dhe hors woz lost, and for wont ov a hers dhe 
rider woz lost. 

A fols frend and a shado atend onli whll dhe sun shinz. Plou dep 
whil slugardz slep, and yu shal hav korn tu sel and tu kep. Old boiz 
hav plathingz az wel az yung wunz, dhe diferens iz dnli in dhe prls. 
If yu wud kep yur sekret from an enemi, tel it not tu a frend. 

Wun tu-da iz wurth tui tu-moroz. Whot mantanz wun vis, wud 
bring up tin children. It iz fuilish tu la out muni in a purchas ov 
repentans. If yu wud no dhe valyu ov muni, go and trl tu boro sum ; 
for he dhat goz a-boroing goz a-soroing. Prid brekfasted widh plenti, 
dind widh poverti, and supt widh kontempt. FlI plezhurz and dha 
wil folo yu. 

Kreditorz hav beter memoriz dhan detorz ; kreditorz ar a super- 
stishus sekt, — grat obzerverz ov set daz and timz. Sloth maks ol 
thingz difikult ; industri, ol ezi. 

A grat part ov dhe mizeriz ov mankind ar brot upon dhem bl dhe 
fols estimat dha mak ov dhe valyu ov thingz. Dr. Franklin. 

Questions.— What is the sign for As well as ? [245]— difference ? [201] — difficult ? 
[178]— remark ? out ? pleasure ? shall ? shall have ? she ? [37]— they will ? up ? 
upon? want? while? , 

How may it be indicated that -l-ty or -r-ti/ is to be added to a sign, as -r-4y to p 
in prosperity t [232, S]. What is the sign for the prefix discon- ? [228, 5]. Observe 
that the prefix a- is put as vocalization, as in afoot, and sometimes joined, like the 
article «, as in a-borroicing and a-sorrowing. See Standard-Phonographic Dic- 
tionary, under A-. 



15* KEY TO THE FIKST EEADEE. 



RAIN IN SUMMER. 

Hou butiful iz dhe ran ! after dhe dust and het, in dhe brod and flri 
stret, in dhe naro Ian — hou butiful iz dhe ran ! 

Hou it klaterz along dhe rufs, Ilk dhe tramp ov hufs ! Hou it 
gushez and strugelz out, from dhe thrdt ov dhe overfloing spout ! 

Akros dhe windo-pan it pdrz and pdrz ; and swift and wid, widh a 
mudi tid, Ilk a river, doun dhe guter rorz — dhe ran, dhe welkum ran ! 

Dhe sik man from hiz chamber Inks at dhe twisted bruks ; he kan 
fel dhe kinl breth ov ech litel pml ; hiz feverd bran groz kam agen, 
and he bredhz a blesing on dhe ran. 

From dhe naboring skuil kum dhe boiz, widh mdr dhan wunted 
noiz and komdshon ; and doun dhe wet strets sal dhar mimik nets, til 
dhe trecherus purl engulfs dhem in its wherling and turbyulent dshan. 

In dhe kuntri, on everi sid, whaer far and wid, Ilk a lep-ard'z toni 
and spoted hid, strechez dhe plan, tu dhe dri gras and dhe drier gran, 
hou welkum iz dhe ran ! 

In dhe furod land dhe toilsum and pashent oxen stand ; lifting dhe 
ydk-enkumberd hed, widh dhar dellted nostrilz spred, dha silentli 
inhal dhe kldver-sented gal, and dhe vaporz dhat arlz from dhe wel- 
woterd and smoking soil. 

Ner at hand, from under dhe sheltering trez, dhe farmer sez hiz 
pastyurz, and hiz feldz ov gran, az dha bend dhar tops tu dhe num- 
berles beting drops ov dhe insesant ran. He kounts it no sin dhat he 
sez dha^rin onli hiz on thrift and gan. H. W. Lbngfelo. 



itions. — "What is the sign for And his ? [37, and E. 1 ; 246, 2] — come ? come 
the? each? [37]— in? in its? near? [ITS]— number ? numberless? [p. 142, E. 5] 
—till? therein? [233, and E. 5]— under ? [221]— where? 

Observe that encum- is represented by the sign of the similar prefix, incom-. 228, 
7 ; 223, E. 1, c. The slanting tick— the— may be written in place of the ing-dot to 
imply a preceding iiig, as in lifting the. What is the phonographic hyphen-mark ? 
T3. Be sure to refer to Notes and Eeferences when indicated by the " superior" 
figures in the phonographic engraving. 



KEY TO THE FIEST EEADEE. 16* 



A CURTAIN LECTURE BY MRS. CAUDLE. 

Ba ! Dhat's dhe therd umbrela gon sins Krismas. Whot wer yu tu 
dm ? Whi, let him go hom in dhe ran, tu be shiir. I'm veri serten 
dher woz nuthing about him dhat wud spoil. . Tak kold, inded ? He 
duzent luk Ilk wun ov dhe sort tu tak kold. Besldz, he'd beter hav 
taken kold dhan taken our umbrela. 

Dra yu her dhe ran, Mr. Kodel ? I sa, dm yu her dhe ran ? Az I'm 
allv, if it iz-ent St. Switlrin'z da ! Dm yu her it agenst dhe windoz ? 
Nonsens ! Yu don't impoz upon me ; yu kan't be aslep widh such a 
shouer az dhat ! Dm yu her it, I sa ? ! yu dm her it ! Wei, dhat's 
a priti flud, I think, tu last for six weks, and no stering ol dhe tlm out 
ov dhe hous. Pra ! don't think me a fral, Mr. Kodel ; don't insult 
me ; he return dhe umbrela ! Enibodi wud think yu wer born yester- 
da. Az if enibodi ever did return an umbrela ! 

Dhser ; dm yu her it ? Wurs and wurs. Kats and dogz, and for six 
weks : olwaz six weks ; and no umbrela ! I shud Ilk tu no hou dhe 
children ar tu go tu skral to-moro ! Dha sha'n't go thrm such wedher, 
I am determind. No ; dha shal stop at hom and never lem enithing 
(dhe blesed kretyurz !) suner dhan go and get wet ! And when dha 
gro up, I wunder hm clha'l hav tu thank for noing nuthing ; hm, in- 
ded, but dhar fadher ? Pepel hm kan't fel for dhar on children, ot 
never tu be fadherz. 

But I no whi yu lent dhe umbrela : ! yes, I no veri wel ! I woz 
going out tu te at der mudherz tu-moro ; yn nu dhat, and yu did it 
on purpos. Don't tel me ! Yu hat tu hav me go dhser, and tak everi 
men advantaj tu hinder me 

Questions.— "What is the sign for About him ? against ? as if ? [246, 4]— always ? 
[239, 2]— anything ? [142]— advantage ? be ? do you ? dear ? [ITS]— I say ? I think ? 
[108]— if it? [221] -Knew or new ? [104]— Mr. ? never? or oh? ought? think? 
thank ? through ? there was ? sure ? to be ? very certain ? very well ? Well, TTel 2 , 
often drops the hook, for sake of phrase-writing. See Well in Standard-Phono- 
graphic Dictionary. 

That's, I'm, doesn't, etc., are vocalized, to distinguish them from That is, I am, 
does not etc. 



IT* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

But don't yu think it, Mr. Kodel, no, ser ; if it kumz doun in bukets ful, 
I'l go ol dke mor. No ; and I wunt hav a kab ! Whaer dm yu think 
dhe muni'z tu kum from ? Yu'v got nls hi noshonz at dhat klub ov 
yiirz ! 

A kab, inded ! Ko^t me sixten pens, at lest. Sixten pens ! Tin 
and at pens ; for dhser'z bak agon. Kabz, inded ! I shud lik tu no 
kra'z tu pa for 'em ; for Em shur yu kan't, if yu go on az yu dm, 
throing awa yur properti, and begaring yur children, bling umbrelaz ! 
Dm yu her dhe ran, Mr. Kodel ? I sa, dm yu her it ? But I don't 
kaer — I'l go tu mudher'z tu-moro — I wil ; and whot iz mdr, I'l wok 
everi step ov dhe wa ; and yu no dhat wil giv me ml deth. Don't kol 
me a fmlish wuman ; it iz yu dhat iz dhe fmlish man. 

Yu no I kan't wa?r klogz ; and widh no umbrela, dhe wet's shur tu 
giv me a kold : it olwaz duz ; but whot dm yu kasr for dhat ? Nuthing 
at ol. I ma be lad up, for whot yu ka?r, az I dasr sa I shal ; and a 
priti doktor'z bil dha^r'l be. I hop dher wil. It wil tech yu tu lend 
yur umbrelaz agen. I shud not wunder if I got ml deth ; yes, and 
dhat's whot yu lent dhe umbrela for, ov kors ! 

NTs klodhz I get, tm, trapsing thrm wedher Ilk dhis. Mi goun and 
bunet wil be spoild kwlt. Nedent I woer 'em, dhen ? Inded, Mr. 
Kodel, I shal waer 'em. No, ser ; I'm not going out a doudi, tu plez 
ym or enibodi els. Grashus n6z ! It izent ofen dhat I step over dhe 
threshhoid ; — inded, I mit az wel be a slav at wuns : beter, I shud sa, 
but when I dm go out, Mr. Kodel, I chmz tu go az a ladi 



Questions.— 1st line. "What is the sign for But? you? think? it? "Mr.? no? 
if it? come? conies? [p. 142, R. 5]— down ? in? full? 12 words out of IT repre- 
sented by word-signs— showing the utility of word-signs 2d 1. ' and-L' Tl ; 246, 2. 

4 h 1. ' pence.' How is the circle distinguished from simple Iss ? 27, 1 ; 1ST, 1. 

5th 1. ' there's/ What kind of vowel is indicated by the vowel-circle ? 169, 1 

and (a). What is the sign for Who ? whose? 69, R. 3. .. .7th 1. ' children.' What 
vowel is indicated by the vowel-circle? 27, 1; 1S7, 1. TThy is it written after 
Chel? Observe ihat as the vowel-circle indicates reading between, the writing it 
before and after is made to denote long ami short. ' I say.' In what directions 

may initi.d abbreviated /be written ? 108. See ' I will,' next line 9th 1. ' step of 

the way.' How are of the implied? 24S. 'a foolish.' What are the two directions 

of the tick fur a-n-d ? 71. Why is the dash wriiten through Fel ? 169, 3 12th 1. 

'always.' What word3 besides word-signs may be left unvocalized ? 239, 2 

13tu 1. • I hope ' The clash or ticfc I is brought down from its natural position to 
adapt it to the position of hope. 246, 2. 

4th 1. from bottom. ' wear.' Observe that second-place heavy dot here represents 
not but a}. See 44 and 2. 



KEY TO THE FIRST RKADEB. 18* 

! dhat ran, if it izcnt enuf tu brak in dhe windoz. Uh ! I luk for- 
ward wiclh dred for tu-moro ! Hou I am tu go tu mudhor'z, I'm shur I 
kan't tel, but if I di, I'l dui it. No, ser, I wuo't boro an unibrela : 
no ; and yu sha'n't bi wun. Mr. Kodel, if yu bring horn anudher um- 
brela, I'l thro it intu dhe stret. Ha ! And it woz onli last wek I had 
a nu nozel put tu dhat umbrela. I'm shur, if I'd 'av non az much az 

1 dui nou, it mlt hav gon widhout wun. Paing for nu nozelz for udher 
pepel tu laf at yu ! 

! it's ol veri wel for yui ; yui kan go tu slep. Yu'v no thot 
ov yur purr pashent wlf, and yur on der children ; yu think ov 
nuthing but lending umbrelaz. Men, inded ! — kol dhemselvz ldrdz 
ov dhe kreashon ! Priti lordz, when dha kan' t even tak kasr ov an 
umbrela ! I no dhat wok tu-moro wil be dhe deth ov me. But 
dhat's whot ya wont ; dhen yu ma go tu yur klub, and dui az yu 
Ilk ; and dhen nlsli mi ptur der children wil be ymzd ; but dhen, ser, 
dhen yu'l be hapi. ! don't tel me! I no yu wil, els ) T u'd never 
hav lent dhe umbrela. Yu hav tu go on Thurzda about dhat sumonz, 
and, ov kors, yu kan't go. No, inded : yu don't go widhout dhe 
umbrela. Yu ma luiz dhe det for whot I ksBr — it wun't be so much az 
spoiling yur klodhz — beter lmz it ; pepel dezerv tu lraz dets hur lend 
umbrelaz ! 

And I shud Ilk tu no hou I am tu go tu mudher'z widhout dhe um- 
brela. ! don't tel me dhat I sed I wud go ; dhat's nuthing tu dm 
widh it, nuthing at ol. She'l think I'm neglekting her, and dhe litel 
muni we'r tu hav, we shan't hav at ol ; — bekoz we'v no umbrela. 

Dhe children, tin ! — (der thingz!) — dha'l be soping wet: for dha 
shan't sta at hom ; 



JVotes and Questions. — 2d 1. 'to-morrow.' 229 How is emphasis denoted? 

See 80 and buy in 4th 1 6th 1. ' street.' 171, 1 ; 173. How is Iss here implying 

an Ar-hook. distinguished from simple Iss?... 7th 1. 'as much as.' The second 
word determines the position, because its legibility depends more up »n position 
than that of as. 246, 4. . . .9th 1. ' wife.' 139, 1. . . .10th I. What is the sign for the 
affix -self? -selves ? 232, 13. . . .12th 1. ' children.' The name of the outline, Chel- 
Dren, closely resembling the word, needs no yocalizaiion. 239, R. 2. 

Phonographic Description. — 'O! dhat ran,' etc. Dedoid 2 ! Dhet 1 Ren 2 — Fet 1 
Zent 1 En-Ef Petokl- Ber-Kay En^Ohetoid Wen-Dees. Hay 2 ! I 1 Lay-Kay Ef 2 - 
Werd W^h 1 (?'. <?., wi) Dred Ef 2 Petoid 2 -Em-Ray ! ou 2 Petoid^Em Petoid 2 -Gay 
Petoid 2 -Emdhers, (T)Em 1 [Pm ; thus distinguished from lam, Petoid'-Em] Sher i 1 
Kent 2 Tel 2 , Tetoid 2 Ef 1 1 1 Dee, (I)Lay [TU; thus distinguished from I will, Petoid 1 - 
Lay] Dee 2 Tee 2 . En 2 Sar ; I 1 Went 2 Bee-Ray Ketoid-Em-Ber-Lay : En 2 ; Ketoid- 
Yuh 2 Shent Bee Wen 2 . 



19* « KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

dha shan't ltuz dhar lerning ; it iz ol dhar fadher wil lev dhem, I'm 
shiir! But dha shed go tu skxtil. Don't tel me dha shudent ; (yu'r 
so aggravating, Kodel, yu'd spoil dhe temper ov an anjel !) Dha shal 
go tu skuil : mark dhat ! and if dha get dhar deths ov kold, it's not 
mi folt, I dident lend dhe umbrela. 

44 Her," sez Kodel, in hiz manyuskript, "I fel aslep, and dremd 
dhat dhe ski woz turnd intu gren kaliko, widh whalbon ribz : dhat, 
in fakt, dhe hoi wurld revolvd under a tremendus umbrela !" 

Duglas Jerold. 



DREAM OF SOCRATES. 

Dhe da when Sok*ratez woz tu drink dhe hemlok had kum. Erli in 
dhe morning hiz beluved disipelz asembeld around him ; widh chasend 
soro dha stud about dhe kouch ov dhe filosofer ; sum ov dhem wer 
weping. Dhen dhe wlz marter lifted up hiz hed, and sed, " Whi dhis 
mornful sllens, mi beluved ? I wil tel yu ov a cherful thing, a drem 
which I dremd last nit." — " Kudst dhou slep, and even drem ov joius 
thingz ?" sed dhe gud Apolodorus ; " /kud not kloz ml iz." 

Dhen Sokratez smlld, and sed : " Whot wud ml past Hf be wurth, 
if it kud not even sweten ml last slep ? Dust dhou not think, Apolo- 
dorus, dhat I hav devoted it tu Selest-yal Luv?" Several voisez, 
trenryulus widh gratful emoshon, anserd dhis kwestyon. /polodorus 
kud repll onli bi sllens and fast-floing terz. 

"No, dhen," sed Sokratez, "dhat tu him hui devots hiz llf tu her 
servis, she sendz doun dhe luvli Grasez. Sekretli and invizibli dha 
butifl hiz ourz — be dha ourz ov joi, cr ourz ov sufering- -widh hevenli 
luster, and suround dhem widh ambrozhal fragrans. But abuv ol, ... 

Notes and Questions.— Kovr is the position of a lengthened letter determined ? 

52; 53; 209. See the word father, 1st 1 5th 1. 'manuscript' is contracted, r 

being omitted. 236, 4 ; p. 144, Corresponding-Style Contractions. 

Dream of Socrates. — 1st 1. What is the sign for The? when? was? lo? the 
Joined)? had? come? in the?... [2d 1.] his? him? with? they? about the? 

some? of them? were? [3d!.] then the ? up? his? and (joined) ? why? this? 

my? Iwill? tell you? of a?. ...[4th 1.] thing? which? I (abbreviated) ? [103]- 
could ? couldst? and even? {and adapted to the position of even]— of ? things? 



KEY TO THE FERST READER. 20* 

dhe swet Sisterz ar bizi about him in dhe last our ov hiz lif ; for dhis 
iz dhe most serius ov ol, and hath gratest ned ov hevenli lit. Dhus 
dhe last our ov dhe da iz dhe most butiful ; dhe bemz ov evening 
briten it Ilk a strein ov gldri from Eliz-ium. 

"I dremd I so a butiful ymth entering ml prizon. On hiz koun- 
tenans wer vizibel dhat seren* graviti and kam kompdzkur which 
justli befit- a divln form. In hiz rlt hand he held a burning torch, 
dhat spred a rozi luster, Ilk evning lit, over dhe darknes ov ml prizon. 
Dhe mdr chering and swet dhis britnes and dhe aspekt ov dhe yrntk 
wer tn me, dhe mdr mizerabel and dreri dhe nit ov mi prizon aperd. 

li Sldli dhe divln yuith lderd dhe torch. But methot I sezd hiz arm, 
and krld : ' Whot wudst dhou dm V He anserd : ' I extinggwish dhe 
torch.' ' Oh ! no !' impldrd I ; 'it spredz a swet lit thrm dhe darknes 
ov ml prizon.' But he smlld and sed : 'It iz dhe torch ov teres*trial 
lif. Dhou nedest it no ldngger ; for, so sun az it iz extinggwisht, dhl 
bodiii I wil kldz forever, and dhou wilt rlz hand in hand widh me tu 
a hler wurld, whaer a pur eternal luster wil sr round dhe. Hou kudst 
dhou, clhen, fel dhe wont ov dhe self-konsuming erthli torch V 

■ k ' Oh ! dhen, turn dhe torch !' krld I, and awdk. I woz aldn in dhe 
nit ov ml dunjon. Alas ! I grevd dhat ol had bin a drem. But, 
behold, her kumz dhe kup which wil realiz it." Dhe jalor enterd 
widh dhe boi hui karid dhe kup ov poizon. Dhe vois ov weping and 
iamentashon ardz amung dhe dislpelz ov Sokratez, and even dhe jalor 
wept. Krmmacer. 



Notes and Questions. — How are capital letters indicated in Phonography ? 81. 
Why may not s in ' bizi' be written with Iss ? 64 and Bern. Observe that in • serius' 
yr is used, by license [136], for iu. See elysium in 3d I., and terrestrial in 12th i. 

Be sure to make all the references indicated on p. 20 and every other page of the 
engraving of the First Eeader, and you can not fail of becoming a good phonog- 
rapher. Also, copy every page repeatedly, and you will thus secure, with the 
guidance of a good exemplar, a large amount of practice, which must be had some 
time, and acquire a beautiful style of phonographic penmanship. 

Phono gra'phic Description— Last paragraph.— Dedoid' 2 , Dhen 2 Tee-Een-Petoid 
Ter-Chay ! Kred 1 1 1 , Tetoid-TVay-Kay. Eetoid-Zee 2 Lcn 2 En'-Chetoid Net Petoid 1 - 
Em Den-Jen. Lays! I 1 Greft 1 Dhet 1 Bedoid 1 Dee 3 -Ben-Tetoid Der-Em. Tetoid 2 
Bee-Eld, Ar 1 Kays 2 -Chetoid Kay-Pee Chel 2 Bay-Lays Tee 2 , e 1 Jay-Lay-Ar Enter- 
Dee Weh^Chetoid Bee Jedoid 2 Kay-Eay-Dee-Eetoid Kay -Pee Petoid 1 Pees-En ■ 
e 1 Yees Petoid 1 "Weh-Pee:' ing' Ketoid-Ei-Men-Teeshon Ar-Isa Em 2 -Ing-Chetoid 
Dees-Pels Petoid 1 Sker-Tees, Ketoid-Yen-Eetoid Jay-Lay-Ar Wen-Pet. 

Socrates, " the best man of pagan antiquity," was born Before Christ 469 years, 
and died B.C. 89& ■ 



21* KEY TO TIIE FIRST EEADEK. 



THE DATE PALM-TREE. 

Dhe dat pam-tre iz a nativ ov worm kllmats, and iz chefli found in 
Afrika and Ashia. Whatever a spring ov woter aperz amid dhe sandi 
dezerts ov Afrika, dkis grasful pam yeldz both gratful shelter and 
nurishing frut. It haz bin kold dhe most butiful tre in dhe vejetabel 
kingdom. It konsists ov a singgel stok 6r trunk, and ins ted ov 
branchez, Ilk our forest trez, its levz spring from dhe trunk, ner its 
top, and gro from six tu at fet in length. Dhe trunk ov dhis pam-tre 
iz ful ov nots, or serkyular rijez, which mark dhe spots from which 
dhe dekad levz hav folen during its groth. It sumwhot rezembelz dhe 
kan in its interior struktyur, whll dhe outsid onli bekumz wudi. Therti 
yerz ar rekwird for it tu atan its groth. It frekwentli rlzez tu dhe hit 
ov wun hundred fet, and livz from wun tu tur hundred yerz. 

Dhe frut ov dhe dat pam-tre iz about tur inchez in length, and veri 
similar in form tu a long plum. Dats ar brot tu dhis kuntri, in a pre- 
zervd stat, in litel saks ov mating, and ar komon in ol our larj sitiz 
and tounz. Dha hav a swet and agreabel tast, and ar veri niitrishus. 
Dhis frut iz kapabel ov suporting lif, and sustaning dhe strength ov 
man for an indefinit period ; inded, it iz dhe " bred ov dhe dez*ert." 
Wha?r ol udher krops fal from drouth, dhe dat tre stil flurishez. In 
Ejipt and Arabia it forms a larj porshon ov dhe jeneral fuid ; and 
amung dhe o-asez ov Fezan ninten twentieths ov dhe popyulashon liv 
upon it for nin munths in dhe yer. 

Notes and Questions. — 2d 1. * and is.' The and-tick is adapted to the position of 
the following word where that has a position of its own, otherwise it is written, like 

the <mc7-dot, on the line, as in ' and-a,' l and-the. ? 4th 1. 4 yields.' 212, E. 2 

6th 1. ' most beautiful.' The t of most omitted under 236, 8. The position of the 

phrase is determined by 245 Tth 1. 4 trunk.' Why is ii written before Ing instead 

of after Ter ? 105, 2 8th 1. l spring.' Why does Iss here imply an Ar-hook ? 

171, 1; 173 13th 1. TVhat is implied by one word near a preceding? 24S 

14th 1. 'preserved.' What is the effect of shortening any hook-letter? 212, 2 

16th 1. ' sustaining the.' What is implied by writing the slanting tick (i. e., the-tick) 

in the place of the iny-dot*! 113 18th 1. 'oases.' Observe that the accent is 

on the first syllable, as indicated by the accent mark in the* engraving. 79. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



22* 



PETER THE GREAT AND THE DESERTER. 

Sen I. 

Dhe foloing sen iz founded on an insident in dhe llf ov Peter dhe 
Grat, Zar ov Poushia, hra in 1697 went tu Holand tu lern dhe art ov 
shipbilding. He asumd dhe disglz and nam ov a komon wurkinan, 
woz emploid in dhe skipyardz at Siirdam, and resevd wajez Ilk a 
komon ship-karpenter. 



Peter (disglzd az a karpenter). 
Wei, befor I kwit dhis plas I ma 
let yu intu ml sekret. 

Stanmits. And dm yu think ov 
leving us ? 

P. 1 hav nou bin absent from 
ml nativ kuntri a twelv-munth. 
I hav akwird sum nolej ov ship- 
bilding — dhe objekt for which I 
kam her, — and it iz tim I shud re- 
turn horn. 

S. Our master, Fon Blok, wil be 
sori tu luiz ym, bekoz yu ar dhe 
most industrius felo in dhe yard ; 
I shud be sori, bekoz — bekoz, Peter, 
I Ilk yu. 

P. And I don' t dislik ym. 

S. Peter, I think I ma ventyur 
tu tel yu a sekret. 

P. WhI, shtirli yu hav dun 
nuthing tu be ashamd ov ? 



S. No, not ashamd ; but I am 
konsiderabli afrad. No, dhen, 
dhat I woz born at Moskd. 

P. Wei, dher iz no krlm in 
being born at Moskd ; besidz, dhat 
woz no folt ov yun^z. 

S. Dhat iz not it. Lisen ! It 
hapend, wun da, dhat a parti ov 
sdld-yerz holted ner mi mudher'z 
hut ; dhe komanding ofiser prez- 
entli kast an I at me, and woz so 
amazingli taken wudh ml aperans, 
dhat he rekwested I'd mak wun ov 
hiz kumpani. I woz about tu de- 
klin ; but he ashtird me dhat dhe 
Zar Peter (yur namsak, yu no) 
having partikyular okazhon for 
ml servisez, wud tak it az an ofens* 
if I refiizd dhe invitashon ; so he 
forthwith klapt a musket 



Xotes and Questions. — 1st 1. "Why is the dash-vowel written through Fel ? 169, 8. 
1 Eussia.' ya used for ia. 136 1st col., 3 1. from bottom. ' a secret.' 171, 2 ; 173. 

"What is the sign for the affix -ingly t 232, 5. How are dot-vowels written to read 
between the consonants of an El-hook, or an Ar-hook, sign ? 169. The Towel-circle 
means reading between, on whichever side written. What, then, is meant by writ- 
ing it before ? by writing it after ? 



23* 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



on 
of. 



mi sh older, and marcht me 



P. ai, yu wer enlisted ! 

S. Enlisted! Win, I kan't sa 

but I woz. Nou, I woz olwaz an 
independent sort ov felo, fond ov 
mi on wa, and kudent stumak 
being orderd about agenst ml in- 
klinashon. 

P. (asid). So, so ! Dhis felo iz 
a dezerter ! 

S. I put up widh it a long whil, 
dho ; til wun biter kold morning 
in Descmber, just at thre o'klok, 
I woz arouzd from ml kumfortabel 
worm slep, tu turn out and mount 
gard, on dhe blek, blustering kor- 
ner ov a rampart in dhe sno. It 
woz tra bad, wozent it ? 

P. I don' t dout yu wud radhei 
hav bin worm in bed. 

S. Wei, az I kudent kep miself 
worm I lad doun mi musket and 
began tu wok ; dhen I began tu 
run, and — wil yu belev it ? — I 
dident stop runing til I found 



miself flv legz awa from dhe out- 
posts ! 

P. So, dhen, yu ar a dezerter ! 

S. A dezerter ! Yu kol dhat be- 
ing a dezerter, diu yu ? Wei, puting 
dhis and dhat tugedher, I shudent 
wunder if I wer a dezerter. 

P. Dm yu no, ml der felo, dhat 
if yu ar diskuverd, yu wil be shot ? 

S. I'v sum such Idea. Inded, 
it okurd* tu me at dhe tim ; so, 
thinking it hardli wurth whil tu 
be shot for being so short a distans 
az onli flv legz awa from mi post, 
I mad dhe best ov mi wa tu Sar- 
dam ; and her I am. 

P. Dhis iz an okward afaer* in- 
ded, and if dhe burgomaster wer 
informd ov it, — houever, be ashurd 
yur sekret iz saf in mi keping. 

S. I don't dout yu, for I suspekt 
yu ar in a similar skrap yurself. 

P. I ?— ridikyulus I 

S. Dha^r'z sumthing veri miste- 
rius about yu, at eni rat. But, yu 
sa yu wil kep ml sekret ? 



Jifcies and Questions. — 1st col., 1st 1. ' shoulder.' 207, R. 5 2d 1. ai = ay. 102, 

R. 3 5th 1. l couldn't' = kudent. Ent is vocalized with e so as to distinguish it 

from not. See wasn't in 13th 1 6th 1. ' against.' 239, 2. G-en* is a word-sign for 

' again,' and, of course, adding st makes ' against,' and no vocalization is required. 

2d line from bottom. ' didn't.' Ded 1 -Net, to distinguish it from ' did not,' Dent 1 . 

Last line. ' leagues.' 156, 2. El is more convenient than Lay before Gay. 

2d col., 3d 1. i shouldn't' = shudent, ' Ent' added to ' should,' Retoid 2 , by vocal- 
ized Ent, to distinguish 'shouldn't' from 'should not.' 7th 1. 'I've.' "Written 

(T)Vee (£. €., vocalized Yee) to distinguish it from 77*^*6, Tefcoid 1 (L e., abbreviated 
7 with a Yee-hook). 201 and R. 2. ' idea.' In a case of two vowels before or after 
one consonant, which must be written nearest? A. The one sounded nearest. 99. 

3d 1. from bottom. ' There's.' Dhers 2 vocalized, to distinguish it from Titer e, is, 

Dhers 2 unvocalized. 'mysterious.' This word has so many consonants and so 
distinct a form that it is not necessary to completely vocalize it ; and yu for iii is 
omitted. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



24* 



P. ! trust me for dhat. 

S. Bekoz if it slmd get tu dhe 
erz ov eni ov dhe ajents ov dhe 
Zar, I shud be in radher a bad fix, 
yu no. 

P. Dhe Zar shal no no mor 
about it dhan he duz nou, if I kan 
help it ; so don't be afrad. He 
himself, dha sa, iz radher fond ov 
woking awa from hiz post. 

S. Ha ha ! iz he ? Dhen he haz 
no bizines tu komplan ov me for 
runing awa, — eh ? 

P. Yu must luk out for him, 
dho. Dha sa he haz a wa ov 
finding out everi thing. Don't be 
tin shiir ov yur sekret. 



S. Kum, nou ; he'z in Paushia, 
and I'm in Koland ; and I don't 
se whser'z dhe danjer, unles yu 
men tu blab. 

P. Felo-wurkman, dm yu tak 
me for a trator ? 

S. Not so, Peter ; but if I am 
ever taken up her az a dezerter, 
yui wil hav bin dhe onli wun tu 
hurm I hav told ml sekret. 

P. A fig for dhe Zar ! 

S. Don't sa dhat — he'z a gud 
felo, iz Peter dhe Zar, and yu'l 
hav tu fit me if yu sa a wurd in 
hiz dispraz. 

P. ! if dhat's dhe kas, I'l sa 
no mdr. 



Sen II. 
Stanmits — Mrs. Stanmits — Peter dhe Grai — bfiser. 



Stanmits. Wei, mudher, I musent 
be skulking about her in Mosko 
eni longger. I must lev yu, and 
go bak tu Holand tu ml trad. At 
dhe risk ov ml llf I kam her, and 



at dhe risk ov mi lif I must go 

bak. Mrs. S. ah ! Mikel, MIkel, 

if it hadent bin for yur turning de- 
zerter, yu mit hav bin a korporal 
bi clhis tlm ! 



Phonographic Description. — The naming of the phonographic letters, in accord- 
ance with the author's system of nomenclature, constitutes a sort of ' unknown 
language,' in which good phonographers may readily and understandingly con- 
verse. Thus, ou 2 Dee 2 Yuh 2 Dee 2 ? or (omitting numbers to indicate second posi- 
tion) ou Dee Yuh Dee ? How do you do ? PetoidJ-Em Yer Wei, Eetoid-Ith 3 -Yuh. 
I am very well, I thank you. A useful exercise will be to write and then read the 
phonography denoted by the " Phonographic descriptions," or to read, without 
writing. 

1st col.— P. Dedoid 2 ! Terst Em 1 Ef 2 -Dhet S. Kays 1 Feti Chetoid 2 Get 2 
Petoid 2 -Chetoid (e)Ar-Iss Petoid 1 En^may read near] Jay-Ents:Zee-Ar, I 1 Eetoid-- 
Bee En 1 Ardher 2 Ketoid-Bed 2 Ef-Kays, Yuh 2 En 2 . P. e 1 Zee-Ar Ish 2 En 2 En 2 - 
Mer Bet 3 -Tee Dhen 3 Hay 2 Dees 2 En 2 -Petoid, Ef * I 1 Ken 2 Lay-Pee Tee 2 ; Es2 
Dent 2 Bee 2 Fred 2 . Hay 2 Ems 2 , Dhee 2 Es 2 , Iss 1 Ardher 2 Fend 1 Petoid 1 Wuli- 
Kayii'ing' Way 3 Fers 2 Peest 2 . 



25* 



KEY TO THE FIRST HEADER. 



S. Luk yu, mudher, — I woz mad 
a soldyer agenst ml wil, and dhe 
mor I so ov a soldyer' z llf, dbe mor 
I hated it. Az a pair jurnimaii 
karpenter, I am at lest fre and 
independent; and if yu wil kum 
widh me tu Holand, yu shal tak 
krcr ov mi wajez and kep hous for 
me. 

Mrs. S. I shud be a drag upon 
yu, Mlkel. Yu wil be wonting tu 
get marid, bi-and-bl ; and, mor- 
eover, it wil be hard for me tu lev 
dhe old hdm at mi tim ov llf. 

S. Sum wun iz noking at dhe 
dor. Wat, mudher, til I hav kon- 
seld miself. 

[Enter Ptter dhe Grdt, disgizd.'] 

P. Whot, ho ! komrad ! No 
skulking ! Kum out from behind 
dhat skren ! Dident I se yu thrm 
dhe windo, az I past ? 

S. Iz it posibel ? Peter ! Ml old 
felo-wurkman ! Giv us yur hand, 
ml harti ! Hou kam yu tu be her 



in Mosko ? Dher iz no shipbilding 
going on so far inland. 

P. No ; but dher iz at St. Peterz- 
burg, dhe nu. siti dhat dhe Zar iz 
bilding up, 

S. Dha sa dhe Zar iz in Mosko 
just nou. 

P. Yes, he past thruj yur stret 
dhis morning. 

S. So I herd. But I did not se 
him I sa, Peter, hou did yu find 
me out ? 

P. Whi, hapening tu se yur 
mudher' z sin over dhe dor, it 
okurd tu me, after I returnd tu 
dhe pal-es — 

S. Dhe pal-es? 

P. Yes, I olwaz kol dhe plas 
whasr I put up a pal-es. It iz a 
wa I hav. 

S. Yu olwaz wer a funi felo, 
Peter ! 

P. Az I woz saing, it okurd tu 
me dhat Mrs. Stanmits mlt be dhe 
mudher or ant ov ml 



Xotes and Questions. — 1st col., 4th 1. ' I am.' As i" determines the position of 

the phrase (245), am is brought out of its position 5th 1. ' and if you will.' The 

cmcZ-tick, not having any position of its own, is adapted to the position of the fol- 
lowing sign, whenever that has any assigned position ; otherwise, it is written in 

the position of the a/?c?-dot, as in Ketoid^-Chetoid, and the. 246, 2 10th 1. ' and 

moreover.' Here the aracZ-tick, though occupying the position of the and-dot, is 
regarded as adapted to the position of moreover, in which, being written as though 
it were a phrase, the first word determines the position (245). 

2d col., 3d 1. ' St. Petersburg.' St.= Saint, when an inseparable part of a name, 
is adapted to the position of the remainder of the name, as in this case. So in ' St. 

Paul, St. James.' See Saint, in the Standard-Phonographic Dictionary loth 1. 

' always.' Ways making the second syllable of this word, does not require vocal- 
ization ; and since it is a frequent word, if it should occur again soon, it might 

safely be left without any vocalization, as in the 17th 1. 239, 2, and R. 2 Last line. 

1 Stanmits.' Disjoining is here resorted to in order to secure the gain of halving. 
218. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



26* 



old mesmat ; and so I put on dhis 
disglz — 

S. Haha ! Shiir enuf, it iz a 
disglz; — dhe disglz ov a jentelman. 
Peter, whser did yu get such fin 
klodhz? 

P. Don't interupt me, ser ! 

& Don't jok in dhat wa agen, 
Peter. Dut yu no yu haf frltend 
me bl dhe stern ton in which yu 
sed, "Don't interupt me, ser!" 
But I se hou it iz, Peter, and I 
thank yu. Yu thot yu kud lern 
sum thing ov yur old frend, and so 
stopt tu inkwlr, and so me thrui 
dhe windo. 

P. Ah ! Stanmits, meni'z dhe 
big ]6g we hav chopt at tugedher 
thrui dhe long sumer da in Fon 
Blok's shipyard. 

S. Dhat we hav, Peter. Whi 
not go bak widh me tu Sardam ? 

P. I kan get beter wajez at St. 
Petersburg. 

S. If it wern't dhat I'm afrad 
ov being overbold for taking dhat 
long wok awa from mi post, I wud 
go tu St. Peterzburg widh yu. 



P. Hou hapend yu tu ventyur 
bak her ? 

S. Whi, yu must no dhat dhis 
old mudher ov mm wonted tu se 
me badli, and dhen I had left be- 
hind her a swethart. Don't laf, 
Peter ! She haz wated ol dhis 
whil for me ; and dhe mizeri ov it 
iz dhat I am tin purr tu tak her 
along widh me yet. But next yer, 
if ml luk kontinyuz, I men tu 
return and mari her. 

P. Whot if I shud inform agenst 
yu ? I kud mak a priti litel sum 
bl expozing a dezerter. 

8. Don't jok on dhat subjekt. 
Yu'l frlten dhe old wuman. Peter, 
old boi, I'm so glad tu se yu — 
Halui ! soldyerz at dhe dor ! Whot 
duz dhis men ? An ofiser ? Peter, 
exkuz me, but I must lev yu. 

P. Sta ! I giv yu ml wurd it iz 
not yxn dha wont. Dha ar frendz 
ov mln. 

S. ! if dhat' s dhe kas, I'l si% 
but dux yu , 



Notes and Questions.— 1st col., 5th 1. ' interrupt.' 228, 8. Tlie prefix for inter- U 
frequently joined by the advanced writer to the remainder of the word, as in th5a 

case. p. 113, R. 10 9th 1. and 10th 1. * I see.' * I thank you.' Abbreviated I U 

here adapted to the position of the following word— in one case raised a little above, 
and in the other case depressed slightly from, its strict position, though being sti'l 
above the line, it is regarded as in the first position. Such adaptations of position 
— so that the first word of a phrase shall be in its assigned position— aids reading 

materially. See 246, 1. See ' I had' in 2d col., 3d 1 12th 1. When Gay follow? 

the sound I, that is best represented by El as better than Lay, preparing the bnnd 
for making a heavy horizontal. In long, 13th 1., El is used to avoid the a gl« 
which would be required with the use of Lay. 

2d col., 13th 1. you'll. Vocalized Lay, to distinguish you'll from you will, Y ih a - 
Lay Last 1, * if that's the.' Dhets vocalized to distinguish thaPs from that 



*J 



27* 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



no wun ov dhoz feloz luks wunder- 
ful Ilk ml old komanding ofiser ! 

[Enter ofiser.] 

Ofiser. A dispach from St. Peterz- 
burg, yur majesti, klaming yur 
instant atenshon. 

Mrs. S. Majesti ! 

S. Majesti ! I sa, Peter, what 
duz he men bi majesti ? 

0. Nav ! no yu not dhat dhis iz 
dhe Zar ? 

S. Whot!-eh?— dhis? Non- 
sens ! Dhis iz ml old frend Peter. 

0. Doun on yur nez, raskal, tu 
Peter dhe Grat, Zar ov Puishia. 

Mrs. S. Oh ! Yur majesti, yur 
majesti, don't hang dhe puir boi ! 
He nu no beter. He nu no beter ! 
He iz mi onli sun ! Let him be 
whipt, but don't hang him. 

S. Nonsens, mudher ! Dhis iz 
onli wun ov Peter' z joks. Ha ha- 
ha ! Y r u kep it up wel, dho. And 
dhoz ar dispachez yu ar reding, 
Peter ! 

0. Easkal ! Deer yu interupt hiz 
majesti ? 



S. Twls yu'v kold me iaskal. 
Don't yu think dhat's being radher 
familyar ? Peter, hav yu eni ob- 
jekshon tu ml piching yur frend 
out ov dhe windo ? 

0. Ha ! Nou I luk kloser, I re- 
member yu ! Sdldyerz, arest dhis 
felo ! He'z a dezerter. 

S. It's ol up widh me ! And 
dhasr standz Peter, az kam az if 
nuthing had hapend. 

Mrs. S. I'm ol in a maz ! Gud 
Mr. Ofiser, spasr dhe puir boi ! 

0. He must go befor a kort-mar- 
shal. He must be shot. 

Mrs. S. Oh ! wo iz me ! wo iz 
me ! dhat ever mi puir boi shud 
be shot. 

P. Ofiser, I hav okazhon for 
dhe servisez ov yur prizoner. Re- 
les him. 

0. Yur majesti' s wil iz absoliit. 

S. (asid). Majesti agen ? Whot 
duz it ol men ? A lit braks in 
upon me 



Notes on Position of Word-Signs. — 1st col., 2d 1. * my' is Em 1 , in accordance 
with its vowel, while May is Em 2 . 3fe, also Em 1 , can, of course, be easily distin- 
guished, by the context, from My (as can Am, Em 2 , from May) ; but Him must be 
Em 2 to distinguish it from Me 4th 1. From is Fer 2 , because of its frequency, not- 
withstanding its vowel indicates the first position. ' Your' is Yay 2 , because fre- 
quent, and not needed to be in the less convenient position (the third) indicated by 
its vowel 7th 1. ' What' is represented by Wuh 1 , *. e., wo, while Would is repre- 
sented by Wuh 2 , which would be Woo, upon the plan of putting vowe ] -signs when 
alone, the height of a Tee above the line for the first place, on the line for the third 
place, and midway for the second place. Carefully read, in connection with this, 
68, E. 2. ' Does,' Dees 2 , in accordance with its vowel, and because, being regarded 
as a derivative from Do, Dee 2 , it must occupy the position of that primitive word. 

2d col., 3d 1. ' Think,' not needing to be in the first position, is put in the more 

convenient position (the second), while Thanh, a less frequent word, is distinguished 
from it, by being written in the third position, which is indicated by its vowel. 



KEY TO THE FIKST EEADEE. 



28* 



Dher wer rumorz in Holand, when 
I left, dhat dhe Zar had bin wurk- 
ing in wun ov dhe shipyardz. 
Kan ml Peter be dhe emperor ? 

P. Stanmits, yu hav mi sekret 
nou. 

S. And yu ar — 

P. Dhe emperor ! Rlz, old wu- 
man ; — yur sun, Baron Stanmits, 
iz saf. 

3Irs. S. Baron Stanmits ! 

P. I wont him tu superintend 
mi shipyard at St. Peterzburg. No 
wurdz. Prepasr, both ov yu, tu 
lev for dhe nu siti tu-moro. Baron 
Stanmits, mak dhat swethart ov 
yurz a barones dhis veri evening, 
and bring her widh yu. No wurdz. 
I hav bizines klaming mi kasr, 6r 
I wud stop and se dhe weding. 
Her iz a purs ov dukats. Wun ov 
mi sekretariz wil kol widh orderz 
in dhe morning. Faerwel. 



S. ! Peter ! Peter ! I'm in 
such a bewilderment ! 

Mrs. S. Doun on yur nez, Mikel ! 
— I men Baron Stanmits ! Doun 
on yur nez ! 

S. Whot, tu ml old frend Peter 
— him dhat I yuizd tu res* el widh ? 
— exkiiz me, yur majesti — I men, 
frend Peter — Zar Peter— I kan't 
begin tu reallz it ! It iz ol so Ilk 
thingz Ave drem ov. 

P. Haha ! Gud bl, mesmat. 
We shal met agen in dhe morning. 
Komend me tu yur swethart. 

[Exit.] 

S. Mr. Ofiser, dhat kort-marshal 
yu spok ov izent likli tu kum of. 

0. Baron , I am yur veri humbel 
servant. I hop, Baron, yu wil spek 
a gud wurd for me tu hiz majesti 
when oportfmiti oferz. I fiumbli 
tak ml lev ov yur ekselensi. 

Anonimus. 



J^otes onWord-jSig?is.— 1st col., 1st 1. ' There,' Dher 2 , because the vowel is second 
place. Of course, the same sign may stand for Their and 77iey are, the context 
showing readily which of the three it represents in any case. Other, which 
strictly belongs to the second position, as shown by its accented vowel, is put in 
the third position, to distinguish it from Their. Either is distinguished from Other 
and Their by being put in the first position, in accordance with its accented vowel, 
e. - Were.' As to plan of writing separate vowels, see !N"ote (7th 1. 'What') on pre- 
ceding page. As the vowels (and Brief Way and Yay, for this purpose, may be 
regarded as vowels) can occupy but two positions as word-signs, Were (Weh 2 , i. e., 
we) must be brought to the line ; for, With, TVeh 1 (i. e., wi), properly occupies the 
first position. 4 When,' in order to distinguish it from One, Wen 2 , is written in the 
first position, notwithstanding its vowel is second place. 4 That the.' That is Dhet 1 
to distinguish it from Without, which is Dhet 2 , a position which clearly distinguishes 
Without from With, with which it was found to conflict, in rapid writing, when they 
occupied the same position. The change of That from the second position (to 
which it was once assigned) to the first position w r as an improvement, since it 
brings better within the general line of writing the numerous phrases beginning 
with That, such as, That it may be, DhetT-Tee-Emb ; That it does, Dhet^Tee-Deee. 
See That in the Standard-Phonographic Dictionary. 



29* KEY TO THE FIKST KEADEK. 



SWALLOWS. 

Swoloz ! lira duz not luv dlieni ? Tu us dha hav ever bin favorit 
berdz. Ofen hav we wocht dhem in dhar bizi laborz, whil gadhering 
materialz widh which tu bild dhar nests, in erli sunier ; and hav folod 
dhem widh our Iz, az dha darted past, tu and fro, skiming ner dhe 
ground at dhe aproch ov a storm, nou and dhen diping dhar wingz in 
dhe smradh woter ov dhe jentel strem ; and dha aperd so hapi ! We 
luv dhar harmles prezens ; dhar meri twiteringz ; dhar klen and shin- 
ing plumaj. Dhe wurld semz wun ov hapines tu dhem, and it mlt be 
mor trtili such wer it not for dhe kriielti ov sum human beingz. 

On dhe bralevardz in Paris, a fashonabel rezort for promenading, 
whser ma be found sets for dhoz lira wud rest dr lounj , and konvenyens 
for refreshments, wun ofen mets personz basring long wuden kajez, 
kontaning haf a duzen or mor swoloz, yrazhuali yung wunz, which hav 
bin krueli kaptyurd from dhar nests. Dhez inosent berdz ar dhus born 
about, expozd tu dhe vu. ov dhoz hra ma chans tu be seking plezhur 
or rekreashon, and frekwent apelz ar mad tu dhe paserz-bl tu purchas 
dhe fredom ov a berd. " Tra sents for dhe liberti ov wun, onli tra 
sents ; tak wun, ladiz and jentelmen, it wil bring gud luk." Dhus iz 
karid on a spekyulashon widh dhe simpathiz and pit! ov dhe publik. 
And meni yung swoloz ar bot fre, and dhe prar trembling kaptivz set 
at liberti, tu sport at wil thrra dhe fre asr. It iz piezant tu obzerv dhe 
aparent joi ov dhez berdz az dha fil of from dhe benevolent handz ov 
dhar liberatorz. 



Notes.— 1st 1. Uts is Es 3 for distinction's sake, though its vowel is second-place ; 
as Ever, in 2d 1. is Yee 1 , to distinguish it from Rave 2d 1. Often, though its ac- 
cented vowel is first-place, is put in the second position to distinguish it from Even, 
Yen 1 , which might be read as Often if accidentally light, while Often, Fen 1 in the 
Old Phonography, might be read Even, if accidentally heavy 5th 1. from bot- 
tom, 'and gentlemen.' Jent 1 , 'gentleme./?,' to distinguish it from Jen t 2 , ' gentle- 

manS 3d 1. fr. b. c thus is.' Thus is Dhees 3 , to distinguish it from This, Dhees 2 , 

which is so placed because of its frequency, and to distinguish it from These, 
Dhees 1 . 

Carefully make all the references to the Hand-Book indicated in the engraving 
and the Notes and Eeferences, p. 79. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 30* 

Speking ov swoloz in Paris, we ar reminded ov an insident which 
okurd in dhat siti and woz related bi an I-witnes. A swolo allted on 
wnn ov dhe kolejez and aksidentali slipt its fufc intu a nras ov a 
string atacht tn a woter-spout. Bi endevoring tu eskap, dhe string 
bekarn dron titli around its legz. Its strength bekam ekzosted in van 
atempts tu ni, and at length it uterd persing krlz, which sun aseinbeld 
a vast multitud ov swoloz. 

Dha semd tu konsult tugeclher for a litel whll, and dhen wun ov 
dhem darted at dhe string, and struk it widh its bek az it flu past. 
Udherz folod in kwik sukseshon and did dhe sam, ech striking at dhe 
sam plas. After kontiuyuing dhis koniblnd operashon for haf an our, 
dhe kord woz severd and dhe kaptiv set fre tu join dhe flits ov its 
kompanyonz. 

When sumer haz past, dhe swoloz, yung and old, hold dhar metingz 
ov preparashon on dhe rufs ov dhe barnz, for dhar jurni south. Ech 
parent herd instrukts its yung, dhat befor dhe kold winter kramps dhe 
insekts 



ITotes on Position of Word-Signs. — 1st 1. There are three positions for word- 
signs. See 54, and read carefully. The position of some word-signs is determined 
by the principles of phrase-writing. We are is "Wer 1 , because We, represented by 
the Way-hook, determines the position in accordance with 245. So We may should 
beWem 1 , and We will, "Wei 1 , for the same reason. 'Which,' though having a 
first-place vowel, is put, because of its frequency, in the second position, the most 
convenient one, and that serves to distinguish it from Each, which is Chay 1 , in ac- 
cordance with its vowel. ' and was.' Was, though having a first-place vowel, is in 
the second position, because of its frequency 2d 1. 'by an.' By is Bee 1 , in ac- 
cordance with its vowel, while Be is, for the sake of distinction, and because of its 
frequency, put in the more convenient (second) position, notwithstanding its vowel 

is first-place. 55. 'its' is Tees' 2 , because of its frequency 4th 1. 'in,' En 1 , in 

accordance with its vowel. Any is En 1 (though its accented vowel is e, second- 
place), to distinguish it from Xo, En 2 ; and Own is made En 3 for the same reason. 

' and at.' At is Tee 3 , in accordance with its vowel. It is Tee 2 61. ' They,' because 

a very frequent word, is entitled to be represented by its consonant, Dhee, in the 
position (the second) indicated by its vowel. Th&ugh is put, for distinction's sake, 
in the third position, notwithstanding its accented vowel is second -place. And the 
context will easily enable one to distinguish it from Thou, Dhee 3 , which is properly 
placed according to its accented vowel. ' Together' is represented by Gay, in the 
position indicated by the accented vowel of the word. Give is Gay 1 , according to 
its vowel. 'For a.' For, because of its frequency, is written Ef 2 , notwithstanding 
its vowel is first-place. This placing of the word distinguishes it from If, Ef *, in 
accordance with its vowel. 'While,' placed in the first position, acccording to its 
vowel, is distinguished thus from Well, Wei 2 , in accordance with its vowel. 



31* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

dha must eskap tu sum distant warmer kllm. Dhe kdrs ov dhe jurni 
iz pointed out tu dhe inexperienst traveler, bl short exkurshonz. Az 
dhe chili nits kum on, and dhe frost, dha impruiv a brlt morning, and 
rlzing in floks hi abuv dhe trez, komens dhar jurni. 

Dha oten rost for a short tlm on dhar wa, when sum sutabel spot iz 
found ; but dha hasen forward tu Florida and dhe sudhern kdst ov dhe 
Gulf ov Mexikd, ar dha tari long. Most ov dhem, on dhe aprdch 
ov kiul wedher dhasr, go stil furdher south, tu pas dhe winter in a 
wormer kllm. 



CONFESSIONS OF A BASHFUL MAN. 

Part Ferst. 

Yu must no dhat in ml person I am tol and thin, widh a fser kom- 
plekshon and lit flaxen haer ; but ov such extrem sensibiliti tu sham, 
dhat, on dhe smolest subjekt ov konfuzhon, ml blud ol rushez intu ml 
cheks. Having bin sent tu dhe yuxniversiti, konshusnes ov ml unhapi 
faling mad me avoid sosleti, and I bekam enamord ov a kolej lif. But 
from dhat pesful retret I woz kold bl dhe deth ov ml fadher and ov a 
rich unkel, hra left me a fortyun of therti thouzand poundz. 

I nou purchast an estat in dhe kuntri, and mi kumpani woz much 
kdrted bl dhe surounding familiz, espeshali bl such az had marijabel 
doterz. Dhd I wisht tu aksept dhar oferd frendship, I woz fdrst 
repetedli tu exkiiz mlself, under dhe pretens ov not being kwit seteld. 
Ofen, when I hav riden dr wokt widh ful intenshon ov returning dhar 
vizits, mi hart haz fald me az I aprdcht dhar gats, and I hav returnd 
h dm ward, rezolving tu tri agen dhe next da. Determind, houever, at 
length, tu konker ml timiditi, I aksepted an invitashon tu din widh 
wun hrnz open ezi maner left me 

Notes on Word-Signs.— -1st 1. 'to some.' To is Petoid 2 , i. e., 65 on the line, in the 
direction of Pee. 66 2 , in the direction of Chay, is should. See 69. ' The' may be 
regarded as e 1 or I 1 . Be sure to read 63, E. 2. ' Out' is Tee 3 in accordance with 
its vowel. It is readily distinguished from At, also Tee 3 , by means of the context. 
2 1. 'As the.' As, or ffiis, is represented by Iss 2 , on the line, because of its fre- 
quency, notwithstanding the vowel is third-place. Is, or His, is Iss 1 , in accord- 
ance with the vowel. 



KEY TO THE FIRST HEADER. 32* 

no" rinm tu dout a kdrdial welkura. Ser Tdmas Frendli, hxn livz about 
tin milz distant, iz a barcnet, widk an estat joining tu dkat I purckast. 
He kaz ttu sunz and fiv doterz, ol gron up and living widk dhar mrdher 
and a maden sister ov Ser Tomas' ez, at Frendli Hoi. Kon'shus ov ml 
unpoliskt gat, I kav, for sum tint past, taken prlvat lesonz ov a pro- 
fesor km teckez " gron jentelmen tu dans ;" and dko I at ferst found 
wundrus difikulti in dke art ke tot, ml nolej ov matkematiks woz ov 
prodijus yuis in tecking me dke ekwilibrium ov mi bodi, and dke du 
ajustment ov dke senter ov graviti tu dke fiv poziskonz. 

Having akwlrd dke art ov woking widkout totering, and lernd tu 
mak a bou, I baldli ventyurd tu oba dke baronet's invitaskon tu a 
famili diner, not douting dkat mi nu akwirments wud enabel me tu se 
dke ladiz widk tolerabel intrepiditi, but, alas ! kou van ar ol dke kops 
ov tkeori wken unsuported bi kabityual praktis ! 

Az I aprockt dke kous, a diner-bel alarmd mi ferz, lest I kad spoild 
dke diner bi wont ov punktyualiti. Imprest widk dkis idea, I bluskt 
dke depest krimzon, az ml nam woz repetedli anounst bi dke several 
liveri-servants, km uskerd me intu dke librari, kardli noing wkot or 
kuim I so. At nil ferst entrans, I sumond up ol mi fortitud, and mad 
ml nu-lemd bou tu Ladi Frendli ; but unfortyunatli, in bringing bak 
ml left fut tu dke tkerd poziskon, I trod upon dke gouti to ov purr 
Ser Tomas, km kad folod klos at ml kelz, tu be dke nomenklator or 
dke famili. 

Dke konfuzkon dkis okazkond in me iz kardli tu be konsevd, sins 
non but baskful men kan juj ov ml distres. Dke baronet's politnes, 
bi degrez, disipated ml konsern, and I woz astoniskt 

Xotes on Word-Signs.— -1st 1. ' TVho.' Who is Jedoid 2 , i. e., 60 on the line, in the 
direction of Jay. 06' 2 , in the direction of Bee, is Too or Two. See GS, E. 1 and 
2 ; 69. ' About' is Bet 3 , in accordance with the accented vowel 2 1. ' is a.' Ob- 
serve that the circle is joined to the ticks A-n-d and The the same as to consonant 
straight lines. 27, 1. ' AIL' See list of vowel-wordsigns in 69. ' Up' is Pee 2 , in 
accordance with its vowel. The less frequent word Hope, for distinction's sake, is 

Pee 3 ; notwithstanding its vowel is second-place 41. 'I have.' See 103. To 

Tetoid 1 , as an abbreviated 7, Have is joined by the Yee-hook. 201, R. 2 and 4 

5 1. 'First' is the Steh-loop, on the line, in the direction of Chay. The Hand-Book 
introduced the plan of joining First to a preceding word by a Steh-loop, as in 
writing At first, Teest 3 . 'Difficulty.' By retaining the Old-Phonographic sign, 
Kel 2 , for this word as well as Difficult, the frequent words Different and Difference 

may be represented by Def 2 instead of by the unsuggestive sign Dee 1 6 1. 

4 Use.' Use (=yras) is Es 3 , in accordance with its vowel. The frequent word So 
is Es 2 and See, Es 1 , in accordance with the vowel. Us, notwithstanding its second- 
place vowel, is made Es 3 , to distinguish it from So. 



33* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

tu se hou far gud breding kud enabel him tu supres liiz felingz, and tu 
aper widh perfekt ez after so panful an aksident. 

Dhe cherf nines ov her ladiship, and dhe familiar chat ov dhe yung 
ladiz, insensibli led me tu thro of ml rezerv and shcpishnes, til, at 
length, I ventyurd tu join dhe konversashon and even tu start fresh 
subjekts. Dhe librari being richli furnisht widh buks in elegant blnd- 
ingz, I konsevd Ser Tomas tu be a man ov literatyur, and ventyurd tu 
giv mi opinyon konserning several edishonz ov dhe Grek klasiks, in 
which dhe baronet's opinyon exaktli koinslded widh mi on. 

Tu dhis subjekt I woz led bl obzerving an edishon ov Zen*ofon in 
sixten volyumz, which (az I had never befor herd ov such a thing) 
gratli ekslted ml kuriosili, and I roz up tu examin whot it kud be. 
Ser Tomas so whot I woz about, and, az I supozed, wiling tu sav me 
trubel, roz tu tak doun dhe buk ; which mad me mor eger tu prevent 
him, and kastili laing ml hand on dhe ferst volyum, I puld it fdrsibli, 
but, 16 ! insted ov buks, a bord, which, bl letering and gilding, had 
bin mad tu luk Ilk sixten volyumz, kam tumbling doun, and unlukili 
picht upon a wejwud inkstand on dhe tabel under it. 

In van did Ser Tomas ashur me dher woz no harm ; I so dhe ink 
streming from an inlad tabel on dhe Turki karpet, and ska?rs noing 
whot I did, atempted tu stop its progres widh ml kambrik hankerchif. 
In dhe hit ov dhis konfiizhon, we wer informd dhat diner woz servd 
up, and I, widh joi, persevd dhat dhe bel, which at ferst had so 
alarmd mi ferz, woz onli dhe haf-our diner-bel. 



Notes on Word-Signs. — 1st 1. 'good.' Good is Ged 2 , because of its frequency, 
notwithstanding its vowel is third-place. God is Ged 1 , in accordance with the 
vowel. ' Could.' This word being very frequent is entitled to the most convenient 
position (the second), notwithstanding its accented vowel is third-place. QuiU is 
Ket 1 , in accordance with its vowel; and, in the Reporting Style, Act-ed may be 
written Ket 3 . For Corresponding-Style rule of position for words having second- 
place or third-place accented vowels, see 52 ; 53 ; 219. ' Him.' Him is Em 2 to dis- 
tinguish it from Me and My (Em 1 ) 2d 1. ' After' is Eft' 2 , because of its frequency, 

though ils accented vowel would assign it to the third position. Fet 1 is If it, and 
Fet 3 is a reporting word-sign originated with the Hand-Book for Future and Fu- 
turity 3d 1. 'her.' Her; notwithstanding its accented vowel is second-place, is 

assigned to the first position the more certainly to distinguish it from Our, Ar 3 . 
Are is Ar 2 , a convenient position to which this word is entitled by its frequency, 
notwithstanding the vowel is third-place. Here and Her, being different parts of 
speech, may, of course, be distinguished by context, notwithstanding they are all 
represented by the same sign, Ar 1 . 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 34:* 

Part Sekond. 

In waking thrra dke hoi and stit ov apartments tu dhe dlning-rram, 
I had tini tu kolekt ml skaterd sensez, and woz dezird tu tak mi set 
betwixt L5.di Frendli and her eldest doter at dhe tabel. Sins dhe fol 
ov dhe wuden Zenofon, ml fas had bin kontinyuali burning Ilk a fir- 
brand ; and I woz just begining tu rekuver mlself, and tu fel kuin- 
fortabli kiul, when an unlukt-for aksident rekindeld ol ml het and 
blushez. 

Having set ml plat ov suip tm ner dhe ej ov dhe tabel, in bouing tu 
Mis Dina, hur politli komplimented dhe patern ov mi wastkot, I tum- 
beld dhe hoi skolding kou- tents intu ml lap. In spit ov an imediat 
supli ov napkinz tu wip dhe surfas ov ml klodhz, ml blak silk dres woz 
not stout enuf tu sav me from dhe panful efekts ov dhis suden 
fomentashon, and for sum minits I semd tu be in a boiling koldron ; 
but rekolekting hou Ser Tomas had disglzd hiz tortyur when I trod 
upon hiz to, I fermli bor ml pan in sllens, midst dhe stifeld gigling ov 
dhe ladiz and dhe servants. 

I wil not relat several blunderz which I mad during dhe ferst kors, 
or dhe distres okazhond bi ml being dezird tu karv a foul, or help tu 
varius dishez dhat stud ner me ; upseting a sos-bot, and noking doun a 
solt-selar ; radher let me hasen tu dhe sekond kors, wkser fresh disas- 
terz overwhelmd me kwit. 

I had a pes ov rich, swet puding on ml fork, when Mis Lolza Frendli 
begd tu trubel me for a pijon dhat stud ner me. In ml hast, sksers 
noing whot I did, I whipt dhe puding intu ml moutli, hot az a burn- 
ing kol. 



Notes on Word-Signs.— 1st 1. l through the.' Through, because a frequent word, is 
Ther 2 , notwithstanding its vowel is third-place. In the Old Phonography it was 
unnecessarily in the third and less convenient position. In Standard-Phonography, 

Throughout is Thret 2 , instead of Thret 3 as in the Old Phonography 3d 1. i had 

been.' Had is Dee 3 in accordance with its vowel, but, for the sake of distinction 
and because of its greater frequency, Do is written in the second position, which 

is the most convenient position 6th 1. ' near the.' Near and Nor, in accordance 

with the vowel, are represented by Ner 1 . Manner, a frequent word, is Ner 2 ; 

while Otcner is Ner 3 , the same position as the primitive Own, En 3 Tth 1. ' Whole.' 

Lay 2 is used for the very frequent word Will; and, for sake of distinction, Wlwle is 

written Lay 3 , notwithstanding its vowel is second-place 8th 1. 'immediate' is 

Med 1 , in accordance with its accented vowel, while Med 2 is Made 9th 1. ' from 

the.' From, because of its frequency, is Fer 2 , notwithstanding it has a first-place 
vowel. In the reporting style, Fer 1 is Form-ed, as first given in the Hand-Book. 



35* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

It woz imposibel til konsel mi agoni ; mi Iz wer starting from dhar 
sokets. At last, in spit ov sham and rezolushon, I woz oblljd tu drop 
dhe koz ov torment on ml plfit. 

Ser Tomas and dhe ladiz ol kompaskonated ml misfdrtyun, and ech 
advlzd a (liferent aplikashon. Wun rekomended oil, anudher woter ; 
but ol agred dhat win woz best for droing out fir ; and a glas ov sheri 
woz brot me from dhe sid-bord, which I snacht up widh egernes, but, 
oh ! hou shal I tel dhe sekwel ? 

Whedher dhe butler bl aksident mistuk, or purposli dezlnd tu drlv 
me mad, he gav me dhe stronggest brandi, widh which I fild ml mouth, 
olredi flad and blisterd. Totali unyrazd tu evri kind ov ardent spirits, 
widh ml tung, throt, and palat az ro az bef, whot kud I dui ? I kud 
not swolo ; and klaping ml handz upon ml mouth, dhe likor skwerted 
thrur mi finggerz Ilk a founten, over ol dhe dishez, and I woz krusht 
bl bursts ov lafter from ol kworterz. In van did Ser Tomas reprimand 
dhe servants, and Ladi Frendli chid her doterz, for dhe mezhur ov mi 
sham and dhar divershon woz not yet komplet. 

Tu relev me from dhe intolerabel stat ov perspirashon which dhis 
aksident had kozd, widhout konsidering whot I did, I wipt mi fas 
widh dhat il-fated kankerchif, which woz stil wet from dhe konse- 
kwensez ov dhe fol ov Zenofon, and kuverd ol ml fetyurz widh streks 
ov ink in everi direkshon. Dhe baronet himself kud not suport dhe 
shok, but joind hiz ladi in dhe jeneral laf, whil I sprang from dhe 
tabel in despaer, rusht out ov dhe hous, and ran horn in an agoni ov 
konfiizhon and disgras which dhe most poinant sens ov gilt kud not 
hav eksited. Anonimus. 

Notes on Word-Signs.— 1st \. 'impossible' and Impossibility are Emps 1 , in ac- 
cordance with the accented vowel. Emps 2 is a derivative word-sign for Improves 

or Improvements 3d 1. 'and each.' Each is Chay 1 , in accordance with its 

vowel; Which is Chay 2 , for the purpose of distinguishing it from Each, and to 
have it in the most convenient position, to which the word is entitled by its 
frequency. Much is represented by its last consonant, Chay, in the third position, 
to distinguish it from Which and Each. ' a different.' Different, because of its fre- 
quency, has its sign, Def, written in the second position, though its accented vowel 
is first-place. In the reporting style, Def 1 is a word-sign for Divine-ity, and Def 3 

for Advance-cl as first given in the Hand Eook 9th 1. ' kind.' Kind and Can not, 

though both Kent 1 (in accordance with the accented vowel), are easily distinguish- 
ed by context. Account is Kent 2 , because frequent, notwithstanding its accented 
vowel is third-place. Can not, Kent 1 , is distinguished fr.un Can, Ken 2 , both by 
position and hngth of letter. This is important, to avoid reading an affirmative 
sentence as negative, and vice versa. Distinguish, if desired, Can't from Can not, 
by vocalizing Kent 2 for the former. 



KEY TO THE FIEST EEADEK. 36* 



THE HORSE. 

Dhe hors iz found in olmost everi part ov dhe wuild in a domestik 
stat. He iz found wild in Afrika and Arabia ; also in South Amerika, 
and dhe western parts ov North Amerika, having bin introdust tu dhe 
lat*er kuntriz bl dhe Spanyardz. He iz dhe most nobel and dhe most 
ymsful ov dhe domestic animalz. Widh les sagasiti dhan the elefant, 
he stil pozesez dhat kwoliti in a hi degre, and iz jenerus, mild, and 
even afekshonat in hiz natyur. 

Dhe veri aperans ov dhe hors denots grat strength, remarkabel 
aktiviti, and a lofti spirit, yet he iz submisiv tu dhe komand ov man. 
He not onli yeldz tu dhe hand dhat gldz him, but he atendz kwikli tu 
dhe wishez ov hiz rider, and, obedient tu dhe impreshonz which he 
resevz, presez on, or stops at hiz rider's plezhur. 



Notes on Word 'Signs.— 1st 1. ' every' is Yer 2 , in accordance with its accented 
vowel. It is readily distinguished, by the context, from the word Very, which is also 
Yer 2 . Ever is Yee 1 , and However, Yee 3 . ' world.' This was formerly represented by 
Werd 2 , which is far better appropriated to Word, which it completely expresses. 
The sign Eld, appropriated to V/orld, will be seen to be the last consonant-sign of 
its complete outline, Wer-Eld. It is put in the second position, in accordance with 
its vowel, u. This sign is very convenient for phrase-writing, as in writing In the 
world i En 1 -Eld; All the world, Bedoid T -Eld; Throughout the woi -Id, Thret 2 -Eld ; 
For the world, Ef 2 -Eld. See World in the Standard-Phonographic Dictionary. 
As to the principles to be observed in devising or selecting word- signs and con- 
tractions, see the Compendium, p. 122, E. 3. This word-sign for World, will be 

found to comply fully with the principles there first stated 3d 1. ' been' is Ben 2 , 

because of i f s frequency, although its vowel is first-place 4th 1. 'than the.' 

Three words are represented by Dhen, placed according to the accented vowel of 

the word it is a sign for: Dhen 1 , Within; Dhen 2 , Then; Dhen 3 , Than 9th 1. 

1 wishes.' Wish is Ish 1 , in accordance with accented vowel ; Shall is frequent, and 
is, therefore, Ish 2 ; and Issue, in the reporting style, is Ish 3 , for distinction's sake 



37* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Tu hav an Idea ov dhis nobel animal in hiz nativ simplisiti, we ar 
not tn luk for him in dhe stiibelz tu which he haz bin konslnd bl man, 
but in dhdz wild and extensiv plana whaer he iz found in a stat ov 
natyur, wha?r he ranjez widhout kontrol and enjoiz dhat fredom which 
bountius natyur gav. 

Az an instans ov dhe grfit atachment which dhe Arab felz tu hiz 
hors, dhe foloing akount iz related. "Dhe hoi stok ov a prar Arabian 
ov dhe dezert konsisted ov a butiful magr. Dhe French konsul at Said 
oferd tu purchas her for hiz master, dhe king ov Frans. Dhe Arab 
hezitated for a long tlm, but prest bl wont, he at length konsented tu 
sel her for a konsiderabel sum ov muni. Dhe konsul, not chrazing tu 
giv so hi a prls widhout instrukshon, rot tu Frans for permishon tu mak 
dhe purchas. Liui Fortenth gav drderz tu pa dhe muni. Dhe konsul 
sent notis dhagrov tu dhe Arab, hui sun mad hiz aperans, mounted on 
hiz butiful hors, and dhe gold he had demanded az her prls woz pad 
doun tu him. Dhe Arab dismounted and lukt at dhe muni ; dhen, 
turning hiz Iz tu hiz niaer, he sld, and dhus adrest her : 

" ' Tu hram am I going tu yeld dhe up ? Tu Yraropeanz, lira wil tl 
dhe klos, hra wil bet dhe, lira wil render dhe mizerabel. Reman widh 
me, ml buti, ml darling, ml jiiel, and rejois dhe harts ov ml children.' 
Az he pronounst dhez wurdz, he sprang upon her bak, and galopt of 
tordz dhe dezert. ' ' 



Xotes on Word-Signs and Contractions.— -1st 1. ' We are not' is Wernt 1 , its posi- 
tion being determined by the word We, in accordance with the usual rule of phrase- 
position. 245. Were not is Wernt 2 3d 1. ' Where' is Wer 2 , in accordance with 

its vowel (ae), which is second-place with the use of the usual (twelve-vowel) scale. 
47. Aware, a less frequent word is represented by Wer 3 . See A- in the Standard- 
Phonographic Dictionary. We are is represented by Wi-r 1 , the position of the 
sign, as though it were a phrase-sign, being determined by the usual rule of 
phrase-position. 245. 'Nature' is Net 2 , in accordance with its accented vowel. 

Net 1 is Not 5th 1. 'great' is Gret 2 , in accordance with its vowel. Greater is 

Gret°-Eay; Greatest, Gretst 2 ; Greatly, Gret 2 -Lay ; Greatness, Gret--Ens. 'ac- 
count' is Kent 2 , because of its frequency, notwithstanding its accented vowel (ou) 
is third place. Kent 1 is Can not. For the derivatives of Account, see the Stand- 
ard-Phonographic Dictionary 8th 1. 'want' is Went 1 , in accordance with its 

vowel. Went, which was formerly represented as a sign-word by Went 1 , is written 
in Standard Phonography by Y>"ent 2 , in accordance with the usual rule of position. 
52. Since the name of the sign makes the word, it may be left unvocalized, in ac- 
cordance with 239, R. 2. .. 15th 1. 'thee.' Thee and Thy are Dhee 1 ; They and 
TJiem are Dhee 2 ; and Thou, Dhee 3 , in accordance with the vowel. Though, for 
distinction's sake, is Dhee 3 . 



KEY TO THE FIBST KEADEK. 38* 



IMMENSITY OF THE UNIVERSE. 

Dhe kontemplashon ov dhe wurks ov God — dhe magnitud ov dhe 
vizibel kreashon, and dhe smolnes ov dhe erth in komparison — kan but 
hav an elevating efekt upon our moral and relijns sentiments. Dhe 
ful extent ov dhe yranivers iz not ndn. Dhe onli part which we hav 
eni konsepshon ov iz dhat which haz bin lad open bi dhe perse verans 
and abiliti ov dhe astronomer, asisted bi optikal instruments ov grat 
pouer. We hav no derinit nolej or konsepshon ov dhe vizibel kreashon. 
Number z kan onli reprezent our nolej ov its proximat magnitud ; but 
tu get our best Idea ov dhe extent ov dhe vizibel yumivers, we ar 
oblijd tu emploi a standard ov referens, or y ran it ov mezhur, which 
aktyuali overpouerz our hlest konsepshonz ov gratnes. We ar sum- 
whot familyar widh dhe extent ov wun, tra, or thre mllz ; but when 
we wish tu grasp a derinit Idea ov ten mllz, we find it a konsid- 
erabel efort ov dhe imajmashon. Extend dhe mezhur tu a hundred, 
a thouzand, or tu ten thouzand milz, and it iz reali beyond our derinit 
konsepshon. Whot must we sa, dhen, ov dhis terestrial glob when 
konsiderd in ol its extent ? And dhen le+ us extend our obzervashonz 
tu dhe vast glob ov dhe sun. Whot dra we her find ? A litel yrani- 
vers widhin itself — a glob, hraz diameter exsedz dhat ov our terestrial 
sfer a hundred and twelv tlmz ; hraz surfas iz mor dhan twelv thouzand 
tlmz dhat ov dhe erth, and its solid kontents wun milyon and for hun- 
dred thouzand tlmz dhe solid kontents ov dhe erth. Wer it holo, 
eksept a thin surfas, and dhe erth and in ran — separated az far az dha 
nou ar — mravd widhin it, dhe erth okyupling dhe senter, dher wud be 
ampel rram for dhe mum tu revolv around its wunted senter — ya, and 
lev tra hundred mllz beyond on everi sld. 

Whll dhe diameter ov dhe sun iz but wun hundred and therten tlmz 
dhe diameter ov dhe erth (dhat iz, 895,000 mllz), its distans from us iz 
12,183 timz dhe sam yranit (dhat iz, 96,000,000 mllz). Such vast 
numberz ar kompletli beyond our komprehenshon in dhis sfer ov Hf, 
and hens astronomerz ar wunt tu emploi a standard ov mezhur, larj in 
itself, so az tu form sum konsepshon ov distansez so grat. 



39* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Obzcrvashon shoz clhat lit mravz widh a rapiditi so grat dhat it 
sweps over a spas ov 192,000 milz in a sekond v ov tlm. In udher 
wurdz, wer a taper lited 192,000 milz from us, in just wun sekoncl we 
kud se dhe efekt ov its blaz. Vast tu us az such numberz aper, it 
aktyuali rekwirz lit about at and a haf minits tu kum from dhe sun 
tu dhe erth. Tu emploi a standard brot doun mor nerli tu our kom- 
prehenshon : supdz a stem-karij tu mrav widhout intermishon, da and 
nit, at dhe rat ov twenti milz an our, til it rechez dhe sun. Several 
jenerashonz must pas awa during dhe tlm ; for, it wud okyupl about 
550 yerz. Such dhen iz dhe interval dhat separats us from our solar 
orb. Iz it a wunder dhat dhe sun iz reali so larj, whll its aparent 
dimenshonz ar so smol ? 

But we hav not yet gon beyond dhe limits ov dhe erth's orbit. Our 
planetari sistem iz vast in extent beyond dhat. Dhe spas dhat sepa- 
rats Nept*yun, dhe fardhest non planet from dhe sun, iz ekwal tu 
therti timz dhat which Hz bet wen us and dhe sun. Start from dhe 
grat sentral luminari on yur stem-karij, az abuv supozd, and let yur 
kors be tord dhat distant planet tu which I hav just kold yur aten- 
shon ; travel a thouzand yerz, and yur kors iz yet onward — onward 
stil, til anudher, and anudher, and anudher thouzand yerz hav^elapst, — 
and onli wun kworter ov yur jurni iz performd. Sixten thouzand f Iv 
hundred yerz must swep intu eterniti ar yu arlv at yur jurni' z end. 
But dhe pozishon which yu nou okyupl, onli marks dhe limit ov wun 
sld ov our sistem ov sun and planets. Dhe orbit ov far-df Neptyun 
extendz az far on dhe udher sld ov dhe sun az yu ar nou supozd tu be 
on dhis. Hens, tu travel from wun sld ov dhe non planetari sistem tu 
dhe udher wud rekvvir twls 16,500, or 33,000 yerz. 



Questions and Notes. — 1st 1. ' Observation.' How is Iss usually joined to straight 
lines ? 27, 1. How is it joined between two strokes ? 27, 4. In what position is 
That ? 39, 1 ; 219, 1. It is put in this position to distinguish it from without, Dhet 2 . 
Might.' "What is the rule for shortening to add t in this word ? 220. Why is the 
word written in the first position? 219, 1. 'moves.' Why is 66 written before Yee 
instead of after Em? 105, 2; 106, E. 1. 'rapidity.' How is d expressed in this 

word ? and by what rule ? 220. ' sweeps.' 117, S. ' space.' 58, 63 2d 1. ' miles' and 

' second.' The first requirement of speed is the use, if permitted by other princi- 
ples of Phonographic Orthography, of the briefest signs for the expression of sounds. 
See Part Y of the Hand-Book, § 4, 1. Hence, in Miles = milz, z is expressed by 
Iss (26, K.), and, in Second, n is expressed by the En-hook, and d, by shortening. 
220. ' taper.' There is nothing here to prevent the use of the briefest sign for pr. 

166, I and c 3d 1. ' effect.' Why can not Kay be shortened here to add t ? 217, 

and E. 



KEY TO THE FIRST EEADER. 40* 

Beyond dhis, udher planets ar stil suspekted. Lit, even widh its 
amazing velositi, kud not pas from wun extremiti ov dhis sistem tu 
dlie udher in les dhan at ourz. Even dhis iz not dhe limit ov our solar 
sistem. Akording tu dhe kompyutashonz ov astronomerz, dhe splen- 
did komet ov 1G80 rekwlrz 8,800 yerz tu komplet wun revoliishon 
around dhe sun. Dhe miti spas dhat dhis sweps over in pasing around 
dhe sun iz yet but a point. When it iz at dhat part ov its orbit 
fardhest from dhe sun, it wud rekwir about for daz for lit tu rech us 
from it. Such, dhen, iz dhat spas thruiout which dhe sun'z atraktiv 
inrluens iz felt. Grat az dhis spas iz, it iz onli wun tui-hundred-and- 
nftieth part ov dhat which separats our sun from dhe next nerest sun 
in dhe yumivers. 

But let us stop wun moment tu raz our Iz tu dhe volt ov heven, and 
notis dhez sparkling points which ar skaterd promiskyuusli over dhe 
nokturnal ski. 

" 0, whot a kon-fiuens of etherial f irz, 
From stmz unnumberd, doun dhe step ov heven 
Strem tu a point, tu senter in mi sit ! 
Dhis prospekt vast — whot iz it ? "Wad arit, 
% >Tiz Natyur'z sistem ov diviniti, 

And everi student ov dhe nit inspirz ; 

'Tiz elder Skriptyur, rit bi God'z on hand— 

Skriptyur othentik! unkortrpt bi man." 

Let us nou prosed in our imajinari flit tu dhe nerest flxt star. Supoz 
dhat we travel widh dhe sped ov a kanon-bol, which goz twenti mllz a 
minit, or sixti tlmz 



Questions and JSTotes. — 1st 1. ' planets.' nts are better expressed here by En-hook 
and Tees, than by Nets, because of the better junctions, and the better basis for the 
derivative words, secured by the former. ' suspected.' There is nothing here to pre- 
vent the use of the briefest expression of s-s. 8es is 16 per cent, faster than Es-Iss 
the expression in the Old Phonography for initial s-s. Why may the vowel of the 
syllable -ted be omitted ? 239, R. 2, o. ' velocity.' 166, b and c. ' could not.' 245. .. . 
2d 1. ' extremity.' Why can not the t of -ty be expressed by shortening ? 220, &., 1 ; 
Orth = Orthcgrapher, 3, 1. ' the other.' yu is here used, by license, for the similar 

sounds eu. 136. k S.' 82 7th 1. ' as this.' 246, 3. As is here adapted to 77ris, so 

that it may be distinguished from As these, Iss-Dhees 1 , and As those, Iss-Dhees 3 . 

'Only.' 156, E., b 9th 1. ' stop.' As no vowel occurs between the s and t, the 

briefest sign for st may be used. ' moment.' -nt may here be expressed in the brief- 
est way, namely, by the En-hook and shortening. ' raise.' When s is not immedi- 
ately preceded by an initial or immediately followed by a final vowel, it is almost 
invariably represented by Iss. ' vault.' Why is o written through Velt ? 169, 3. 



41* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

our former velositi, wun milyon tin hundred thouzand yerz must pas 
awa befor we kum tu our jurni'z end. Dhe distans iz twenti milyonz 
ov milyonz (20,000,000,000,000) ov mllz, and it taks lit thre yerz and 
ati daz tu reck us. And dhus, wer dhe nerest star bloted out ov ex- 
istens, it wud shin for thre yerz and ati daz befor dhe last ra kud rech 
us. We thot, in konsidering dhe distans dhat separats dhe sun from 
dhe erth, dhat it woz veri grat ; whot, dhen, shal we sa ov dhat expens 
ov spas dhat rekwlrz lit upward ov thre yerz tu travers it ! 

Remember, houever, dhat dhis iz not dhe fardhest fixt star, but dhe 
ntrest dhat haz yet bin found — a brit star in dhe sudhern hemisfer. 
Dher ar udher starz, and brit wunz, tra, huiz distans from us far eksedz 
dhat ov dhe wun we hav bin kontemplating. Dhe lit from Sirius, dhe 
brltest ov ol dhe fixt stars, okyuplz therten yerz in reching us, and 
konsekwentli its distans from dhe erth iz for tlmz dhe distans ov Alfa 
Sentori y (Alpha Centauri), dhe nerest star hraz par*alax haz bin deter- 
mind. Arkturus, a larj red star ov dhe nordhern hemisfer, iz so far 
remmvd from us, dhat no les dhan twenti-thre yerz ar konsumd in dhe 
pasaj ov its lit tu dhe erth. If dhe distansez ov dhe brltest fixt starz 
ar so grat, whot kan we sa ov dhoz dhat ar just perseptibel tu dhe 
naked I ? 

We hav rezon tu think dhat dhe averaj distans ov dhe starz inkresez 
az dhar aparent magnitud dekresez. If we nou tak dhe averaj distans 
ov dhe starz ov dhe ferst magnitud tu be such dhat it wil rekwlr ten 
yerz for dhe pasaj ov lit from dhem tu us (and dher is rezon tu think 
dhat it iz grater dhan dhis), dhen dhe smolest starz dhat ar distinktli 
vizibel tu dhe naked I wil, on an averaj, be so far from. us dhat it wil 
rekwlr lit seventi yerz tu rech us from dhem : and lit from dhdz starz 
dhat ar so smol dhat we onli okazhonali kach a glimps ov dhem, kan 
not pas over dhe interval 

Questions and Xotes.— 1st 1. ' former.' Why is o written through Fer ? 169, 3. 

What serves for the Ar-hook in the last syllable ? 164 2d 1. ' distance.' How is 

n expressed in this word? 1ST 3d 1. Why is ' light' written above the line, i. e., 

in the first position ? 219, 1. » out of.' How is of added here ? 201, E. 4 4th 1. 

4 existence.' How is Ses vocalized? 65, 2 5th 1. How may con- or corn- be ex- 
pressed in connection with the preceding word In ? A. By the sign for Incon-m. 
p. 112, E. 7. Observe that the general method of implying con, corn, or cog is by 
writing the remainder of the word under or close to a preceding syllable or icord : 
near Dee, for de- or dis-, as in decompose, discontinue ; near Eay, for re- as in re- 
concilable, recommend, recognize ; near Ar, for ir*e~, as in irreconcilable ; near En 2 , 
for wt-, as in uncontrolled, uncomldned ; under the end of En 1 , for in, as incon~ 
stant, incomplete, in complete, incognito ; under Ens 1 , for mis-, as in misconduct, 
miscompute ; under or through Nen 1 , for nan, as in noncommittal, nonconducting. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 42* 

dhat separats dhem from us, in les dkari wun hundred yerz. Such, 
dhen, iz dhe distans at which dhe naked I kan perse v fizikal objekts. 

But whot dm we lern, when we bring tu our asistans dhe teleskop ? 
Let us tak dhe grat teleskop ov Lord Eos ,(Rosse), and direkt its kolosal 
tubz tord dhe Milki Wa ; behold dhe unnumberd sunz, hxnz lit nou 
stremz doun dhe M step ov heven," widh such intensiti az tu afekt our 
vizyual organz. Wha3r hundredz onli wer vizibel tu dhe naked I, 
thouzandz nou burst upon our astonisht vizhon, az so meni brit and 
shining points on dhe " azhur buizom ov nit." If dhe distans ov dhoz 
dhat ar just vizibel tu dhe naked I iz so grat, whot must we sa ov dhe 
distans ov dhoz which ar baerli tu be sen widh dhe help ov Lord Ros'ez 
grat reflektor ! Dhis grat instrument wil penetrat intu spas at lest 
thre hundred tlmz az far az dhe naked I. Multiplling dhis number bl 
wun hundred, dhe number ov yerz rekwlrd for dhe pasaj ov lit from 
dhe most distant starz vizibel tu dhe naked I, and we obtan therti 
thouzand yerz for dhe pasaj ov lit from dhe mor remot starz sen bi 
menz ov Lord Ros'ez grat teleskop. Twenti-nln thouzand yerz ago, 
dhen, dhez distant sunz mlt hav sest tu exist, and dha wud stil hav a 
thouzand yerz tu glimer az brit speks on our nokturnal ski ! 

Let us stop for wun moment and reflekt on dhe magnitud ov dhat 
zon ov starz dhat we kol dhe MilM-Wa. Did yu ever examin it ? It 
goz kompletli around dhe hevenz. Astronomerz tel us dhat our erth — 
dhis litel bol ov mater upon which we dwel, and which we ar told is 
under dhe speshal kasr ov Deiti — maks anyuali a revolushon around 
wun ov dhe sunz ov dhis stari zon. 01 dhe brlter starz ov dhe ferma- 
ment belong tu dhis kluster. Hou mlti, hou ogust', hou inkompre- 
hensibel iz dhis wun kluster, dhis stari stratum, dhis Hand yumivers ov 
ourz ! We ar not in dhe senter ov it. 



Kotes and Questions.— 1st 1. 'naked.' d is here added by shortening in accord- 
ance with 220 2d 1. ' physical' = fizikal. M are here expressed by the briefest 

sign, Kel. 166, b and c 3dl. ' bring.' Where are all first-place vowels written when 

occurring between two strokes? 105 00 1. 'unnumbered.' How are derivative 

word-signs formed ? p. 142, R. 5. Remember that part of what constitutes a word- 
sign is its position, and that the position is unchanged when the formative is pre- 
fixed or affixed, 261, R. 2 6th 1. 'hundreds.' There is no principle interfering 

with the expression of both tZ's of this word by halving, and securing a briefer form 

than the old one, En-Dreds 9th 1. 'penetrate.' The old form for this word, 

Pee-En-Tret, was unnecessarily long 10th 1. ' required.' How are angles written 

so as to be read between the consonants of an El-hook or Ar-hook sign ? 169, 4. 



43* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

In sum parts dhe larjer teleskops ar abel tu penetrat thrui and se dhe 
blu etherial spas beyond, which intervenz betwen our sistem ov sunz 
and dhe next naboring sistem. But in udher parts dhe most pouerful 
teleskops which hav yet bin brot tu ba3r, kan not sound dhe iardher 
extremiti. Poiz yurself, dhen, for wun moment, on dhe fardhest ex- 
tremiti ov dhe Milki- Wa, and dhen dart widh dhe rapiditi ov lit, and 
at lest fdrti thouzand } r erz must pas befor ya kud rech dhe opozit limit. 
Such iz dhe vastnes ov our stari kluster. 

But I hav onli told yu ov wun sistem ov sunz— dhat tn which we 
belong ; veri extensiv, widhout dout ekwaling, and perhaps surpasing 
eni udher widh which d|}e astronomer iz akwanted ; but yet it iz but 
wun amung dhe vast sistemz ov dhe yuinivers ov God. Lanch out intu 
spas, and travel up dhe stremz ov lit which febli afekt yur vizyual 
organz thrui yur grat teleskops, and behold ! Whot din yu find ? 
Dimli at ferst, dhe lit braks upon yu ; but az it inkresez yu exklam, 
1 ' Anudher kluster, anudher stratum ov sunz, a Milki- Wa so far 
remiuvd from our minut sfer, dhat it onli aperz as a fant pach ov lit 
on dhe bid kanopi dhat dhe God ov ISTatyur haz spred over us!" 

Dhe astronomer diskuverz in varius parts ov dhe hevenz thouzandz 
ov dhez klusterz ov starz and neb -yule. Ech ov dhez iz tu be regarded 
in dhe sam lit az dhe Milki- Wa — az a kluster ov sunz far remuivd from 
our siderial sistem. Tu dhoz hiu inhabit dhe planets which revolv 
around wun ov dhe sunz sityuated in eni ov dhoz klusterz, dhar stari 
stratum wud aper tu enserkel dhe hoi hevenz, az our Milki- Wa duz 
her. Dhe sunz ov dhe yuinivers sem tu be kolekted intu klusterz, or 
sistemz, in dhis maner. Dhe prinsipel ov gravitashon renderz it 
nesesari dhat ol dhez sunz shud hav a moshon ; and hens we konklud 
dhat, besldz dhe moshon ov dhe starz amung dhemselvz, around dhe 
senter ov graviti ov dhar on partikyular 

Notes and Questions. — 1st 1. 'parts.' As Pret is the briefest sign for P<ui, and 
does not conflict with vocalization or with principles of legibility, it should be used 

instead of the old outline, Pee-Eet 2d 1. 'intervenes.' p. 113, E. 10 3d 1. 

1 wbich have.' 201, E. 4. 'brought' This brief form conflicts with no principle of 
phonographic orthography. In Standard Phonography as in the Old Phonography, 
the curves for 7, /% m, n are shortened simply to add t, and shortened and icidened 
to add d. Excepting Tay, Way, Emp, Ing (which are not shortened, because they 
would conflict with Eld, Ard, Med, and Ned), all other consonant strokes are 
shortened, in Standard Phonography, to add either T or D, while, in the Old Pho- 
nography, excepting also the Way-hook signs, T was added by halving to only 
light and D to only heavy signs. The Standard-Phonographic rule of halving re- 
duces to regularity hundreds of words which were exceptions to the old rule, and 
enables the writer to avail of the advantage of halving in numerous instances 
where the Old phonographers were deterred by a fancied danger. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 44* 

sistem, dhe sistemz dhemselvz must hav a moshon around dhar on 
senter ov graviti. Whot nou kan be dhe distans ov dhez stari klus- 
terz ? We kan onli giv dhar probabel distans. For starz hraz lit iz 
blended intu wun kan be sen at twis dhe distans ov wun star. Supoz, 
dhen, dhat Lord Ros luks direktli ontu ten thouzand starz in wun ov 
dhe fantest and most distant klusterz, it wud be wun hundred timz 
dhe distans ov a singgel star — dhat iz, it wud rekwir lit thre milyonz 
ov yerz tu kum from dhat lokaliti tu our erth. David Trobrij. 



THE RIVER. 

River ! River ! litel river ! 

Brit yu sp&rkel on yur wa ; 
O'r dhe yelo pebelz dan sing, 
Thrin dhe flouerz and foliaj glansing, 

Lik a child at pla. 

River ! River ! sweling river ! 

On yu rush 6'r ruf and smradh, 
Louder, faster, broling, leping 
Over roks, bi roz-banks sweping, 

Lik impetyuus yrath. 

River ! River ! briming river ! 

Brod, and dep, and stil az tim : 
Seming stil, yet stil in moshon, 
Tending onward tu dhe oshan, 

Just lik mortal prim. 

Biver ! Biver rapid river ! 

Swifter nou yu slip awa ; 
Swift and silent az an aro, 
Thrra a chanel dark and naro, 

Lik lif 's klozing da. 

Mrs. Southi. 



45* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



TELL'S ADDRESS TO THE MOUNTAINS. 

Ye kragz and peks, I'm widh yu wuns agen t 
I hold tu yen dhe handz yu ferst beheld, 
Tu sho dha stil ar fre. Methinks I her 
A spirit in yur ekoz anser me, 
And bid yur tenant welktrm tu hiz hom. 
Agen ! o sakred fdrmz, hou proud yu luk ! 
Hou hi yu lift yur hedz intu dhe ski ! 



Notes and Questions.— 1st 1. 'crags.' The k and r are quickest expressed by 
Ker. The final .9, as usual, is expressed by the briefest sign, Iss. What is the rule 
for writing a before Gay, instead of after Ker ? 105, 2. * I'm' is written with Em 

vocalized with I, to distinguish it from lam, Petoid^Em 2d 1. 'first' The 

sign for First will be seen to be Steh 2 , representing the last two consonants of the 
word. 237 3d 1. 'still.' 67. It should be observed that the brief consonant- 
signs (Iss, Steh, brief Way and Yay) do not, as to reading, follow any special rule, 
or one different from that applied to stroke-signs ; for as the stroke first made reads 
before the following consonant (with its vowel or vowels, if any), so does a brief 
sign read before a stroke (and its vowel) to which it is prefixed. Again, also, as a 
stroke (with its vowels, if any) reads before an added stroke, so does a stroke (with 
its vowels, if any) read before a brief consonant-sign affixed. 



KEY TO THE FIRST HEADER. 46* 

Hou Kuj yu ar ! liou miti and hou fre ! 

Ye ar dhe thingz dhat louer, dhat shin — hroz smil 

Maks glad hmz froun iz teribel — hmz formz, 

Eob'd or unrob'd, din ol dhe impres wser 

Ov o divin. Ye gardz ov liberti ! 

I'm widh yu wuns agen. I kol tu yu 

Widh ol my vois ! I hold ml handz tu yu, 

Tu sho dha stil ar fre. I rush tu yu, 

Az dho I kud e moras yu ! 



II. 



Wuns mor I bredh dhe mounten ser, wuns mor 

I tred ml on fre hilz ! Mi lofti sol 

Throz ol its feterz of; in its proud flit, 

It's Ilk dhe nu-flejd eglrt, hraz strong wing 

Sorz tu dhe sun it long haz gazd upon 

"Widh i undazeld O ! ye miti ras 

Dhat stand lik frouning jiants, fixt tu gard 

Mi on proud land ; whi did ye not hurl doun 

Dhe thundering avalaneh, when at yur fet 



Notes and Questions. — 1st 1. 'mighty.' Why must t in Mighty be expressed by 
Tee, instead of by shortening? A. Because a vowel follows, which could not be 

expressed after t denoted by shortening. 220, b, 1. Orth., 3, 1 2d 1. How should 

two concurrent vowels be written when they can not be conveniently divided be- 
tween two strokes? 109. ' shine.' As no vowel follows the n, there is nothing to 
prevent its being expressed in the briefest way, namely, by a hook. Observe that 
generally when a sound has more than one sign, the briefest sign is used if it can 
be without interfering with vocalization or some other principle of phonographic 
orthography, 'whose.' If the Old Phonography had had, as Standard Phonog- 
raphy has, a rule for the formation of derivative word-signs (p. 142, R. 5), Whose 
would have been written Jedsoid 2 (i. e., Who, Jedoid 2 , with the formative z added 
by Iss, the briefest sign), instead of Zee 3 . ' smile.' As no vowel precedes «, it 

should be written with its briefest sign, Iss 3d 1. 'makes.' Why should & be 

written after Em instead of before Kay? 105, 1. ' glad.' The briefest expression 
of I is by the El-hook, which every principle permits here , and d may be added to 
Gel by shortening, since no vowel follows. ' frown.' The briefest sign for the con- 
sonants of this word is Fren, and as this permits the insertion of the vowel (ou), it 
should be used, 'terrible.' A briefer expression would be Ter-Bel ; but as Ter 
would be an inconvenient beginning for Terrify (Tee-Kay-Ef ) and Terror (Tee- 
Eay-Eay), Tee-Eay-Bel is used, which is analogous to the most convenient forms 
for Terror and Terrihle. Orth. 6 ; 4, 3 ; 5, 2. ' forms.' The briefest expression of 
Form is Fer-Em ; it complies with the second requirement of vocalization (Orth., 
3, 2), and the requirements of legibility, and is therefore the best form. All the de- 
rivatives, as Deform, Reform, Perform, Inform, Uniform, and Transform, may be 
written analogously. 



47* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Dhe Ms yuzurper stud ? A tuch— a breth, 
Na, even dhe breth ov praer, ar nou, haz brot 
Destrukshon on dhe hunter'z bed ; and yet 
Dhe tirant past in safti. God ov heven ! 
"Whasr slept dhi thunderbolts ? 

III. 

O Liberti ! 
Dhou choisest gift ov heven, and wonting which 
Lif iz az nuthing ; hast dhou dhen forgot 
Dhi nativ horn ? Must dhe fet ov slavz 
Polut dhis glorius sen ? It kan not be. 
Even az dhe smil ov heven kan pers dhe depths 
Ov dhez dark kavz, and bid dhe wild flouerz blcum 
In spots whaer man haz never daerd tu tred ; 
So dhi swet infliiens stil iz sen amid 
Dhez betling klifs. Sum harts stil bet for dhe, 
And bou aliv tu heven ; dhi spirit livz, 
ai, and shal liv, when even dhe veri nam 
Ov tirant iz fdrgot 

JVofe* and Questions— lst\. ■ stood.' The briefest sign for Stand is Iss-Tend, and 

analogy requires the briefest expression of Stood, Iss-Ted, instead of Steh-Dee 

4th 1. ' pa*t.' Peest can be easily vocalized for Past, and this form should be used 
instead of the longer Pees-Tee. ' safety.' The t of this word can not be expressed 
by halving, because the final vowel could not then be written. 220, o, 1 ; Orth., 3, 
1 9th 1. ' is as.' How may any circle-signword be added to word-signs termi- 
nating with Iss? to those not terminating withlss? p. 142, R. 7 10th 1. 'native.' 

How is -tive usually written where it can not be added by a Tiv-hook ? p. 119, R. 9. 

' slaves.' "Why is a written after Slay instead of before Tees ? 105, 1 11th. I. 

'glorious.' How may ia, ia, io, iu, etc., be written? A. Either by the separate 
signs of the vowels, in accordance with 109, or, to save making two vowel-signs, by 

the similar ya, ya, yo, yxr, etc. 136 12th 1. 'depths.' Why is e written before 

Pee instead of after Dee? 105,2 13th 1. 'bloom.' Why is do written before 

Em instead of after Bel ? 105,2 14th 1. 'dared.' "Why is a (=se) written after 

Dee instead of before Ard ? 105, 1 17th 1. ' lives.' "Why is i written af er Lay 

instead of before Yees ? 105,1. "Where are all first-place vowels written when 
occurring between two strokes ? 18th 1. ' name.' "Why is a written after En in- 
stead of before Em ? 105, 1. "Where are all long second-place vowels written 
when occurring between two strokes ? 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 48* 

Lo ! whil I gaz 
Upon dhe mist dbat redhz yon mounten'z brou, 
Dhe sun-bem tuchez it 5 and it bekuniz 
A kroun ov glori on biz hori bed ; 
O ! iz not dhis a presaj ov dhe don 
Ov fredom 6'r dbe wrrld ? Her me, dhen, brit 
And beming beven ! Whil neling dhus I vou 
Tu liv for Fredom, or widh her— tu di ! 

IV. 

O ! widb whot prid I yinzd 
Tu wok dhez hilz, and luk up tu mi God, 
And bles Him dbat 'twoz so. 'Twoz fre, — 
From end tu end, from klif tu lak, 'twoz fre, — 
Fre az our torents ar, dhat lep our roks, 
And plou our valiz, widbout asking lev, 
Or az our peks, dbat waer dbar kaps ov sno, 
In veri prezens ov dbe regal sun ! 
Hou hapi woz I in it dhen ! I luvd 
Its veri stormz ! Yes, I hav sat and id 

Kotes and Questions.— 1st 1. 'gaze.' What is the Corresponding-Style rule of 

position for words composed of horizontal consonants only? 52 2d 1. 'mist.' 

Why is this word written above the line, or in the first position ? ' wreathes.' What 
is the Corresponding-Style rule of position for words having a perpendicular or 
sloping letter? 53. The object of the rule with reference to such words is to se- 
cure lineality of writing. As the lineality of longhand writing would be injured 
^y commencing the first portion of a script T upon the line, and allowing the de- 
scending portion to run below the line, so would the lineality of phonographic 
writing be marred if, in writing such an outline as Em-Chay, you were to write Em 
on the line, requiring Chay to descend below the line. Hence, in Phonography, as 
in longhand, the horizontal portions should be so written that the first perpendicu- 
lar or sloping portion of the word or letter shall rest upon the line. But let it be 
observed that these rules (52 ; 53) apply to other outlines than word -signs and con- 
tractions, which follow nearly the reporting rule of position. Eead carefully § 54. 

6th 1. 4 freedom.' What is the Corresponding-Style rule of position applying to 

words whose first perpendicular or inclined stroke is a shortened letter? 219. Why 
is Freedom written in the first position ? ' bright.' Why is this word written in the 
first position ? Study and master these three rules of position. 



49* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

The thunder braking from hiz kloud, and smild 

Tu se him shak hiz litningz 6'r mi lied, 

And think I had no master sav hiz on ! 

Ye no dhe juting klif, round which a trak 

Up hidher wlndz, hiuz bas iz but dhe brou 

Ov such anudher wun, widh skanti rram 

For tm abrest tu pas ? O'rtaken dhaer 

BI dhe mounten blast, I'v lad me flat along, 

And whil gust folod gust dhe mor fiiriusli, 

Az if tu swep me 6'r dhe horid brink, 

And I hav thot ov udher landz, whaer stormz 

Ar sumer Adz tu dhoz ov mm, and just 

Hav wisht me dhser — dhe thot dhat mm woz fre 

Haz chekt dhat wish, and I hav razd mi hed, 

And krid in throldom tu that furius wind, 

B16 on ! dhis iz dhe land of Liberti I Nolz. 



Notes and Questions.— -1st 1. ' thunder.' Thend-Ray is the briefest outline for 
this word, is easily vocalized, and all its derivatives and compounds may readily 
be made from it. ' breaking.' Why is a written after Ber instead of before Kay ? 

105, 1. What is the sign for -ing ? ' from his.' 244, R. 3, 5 ; p. 142, R. 7 2d 1. 

' I had.' /is here brought down a little from its natural position, so that Had may 

be written in its position. 246,1 4th 1. 'round.' Orth., 5, R. 1 and 3. Read 

carefully, 'a track.' Why is a written before Kay instead of after Ter? 105, 2. 
Where are all third-place vowels written when occurring between two strokes? 
Ter-Kay being the briefest outline for this word, and conflicting with no principle 
of Phonographic Orthography, must be taken as the best outline. See examples 

of Phonographical parsing in the Orthographer, Part Y. of the Hand Book 

5th 1. ' brow.' 240, 2 6th 1. ' room.' Why is 66 written before Em and not after 

Ar ? 105, 2. Where are all third-place vowels written when occurring between 

two consonants? 7th 1. 'along.' 156,2 9th 1. ' as if.' If most depending 

upon its position for legibility, As is adapted to that position. 243, 4. ' sweep.' 

117, 3 Last line. 'This is the land of liberty.' "People of foreign countries 

may say to us— well may they say it— the tree of liberty has been planted on 
American soil, and if the Government only lasts, its branches will spread, and it 
will bear fruit which will be plucked by every human being, until each and all 
shall have tasted the sweets of liberty, and shall sing some joyous song that they, 
too, are a free and independent Government, ruled by no kings, monarchs, auto- 
crats, emperors, or czars."— Maj.-Gen. John A. Logan, at Duquoin, 111., July 31, 1863. 



KEY TO THE FIKST KEADEE. 50* 



NATURE THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE. 

Dhe larjer formz ov animalz, such az ar dali prezented tu us, sem 
komparativli limited, and we ezili komprehend dhe rezon. If dha wer 
veri numerus, so must be dhar menz ov subsistens. But az onli a ser- 
ten amount ov subsistens kan be gl end from a skwasr mil, under dhe 
most favorabel kondishonz, and dhat amount iz not larj, dhe existens 
ov dhe larjer formz komprlzez extremli limited numberz. But when 
we desend tu entomoloji and konkoloji, we ar konfuzd widh dhe almost 
iniimerabel diversitiz ov speshez and varleti. Ov dhe betel, alon, 
dher hav bin asertand tu be no les dhan 30,000 branchez. 

Leona*, a French natyuralist, spent several yerz in examining a 
singgel insekt, and left dhe wurk unfinisht, dhus sliding dhe ekseding 
delikatnes ov dhe struktyur. In dhe bodi ov an insekt, about an inch in 
length, Mosie Strous haz enumerated 306 plats, kompozing dhe strukt- 
yur ov dhe outer envel'op ; 494 muselz, for puting dhez plats in 
moshon ; 24 pa?rz ov nervz tu animat dhem, and 48 pasrz ov trakie or 
bredhing organz, ekwali ramifid and divided, tu konva dhe sdi and 
sustenans tu dhis komplikated tisriu. 

We regard dhe komon hous-fll az a kontemptibel insekt, but hou im- 
portant an objekt ov studi its struktyur iz, kan be lernd from the fakt 
dhat its I iz wun ov dhe most singgyular and kuriusli konstrukted 
mirorz dhat slens haz az.yet invented, or studi diskuverd. Dhelenzez 
in its Iz ar numberd at six or seven thouzand ; in dhe I ov the dragon- 
fli, 17,000. 

Dhe hous-fll' z wing haz a pouer ov 600 stroks in a sekond, which kan 
propel it therti-flv fet, whil dhe sped ov a swift ras-hors iz but ninti 
fet per sekond. 

Notes and Que*tio?is. — 1st 1. ' presented.' Ted or Ded ending a past tense or a 
past participle does not require vocalization. 239, E. 2, o. 

8th 1. i Leona.' What is the phonographic sign for accent ? 79. ' naturalist.' In 
accordance with the rule for forming derivative word-signs, El is added to Xet 2 for 
Natural, and Steh to Natural to add the formative, -1st, of Naturalist, p. 142, 
K. 5. 

4th 1. from bottom. ' has as.' p. 142, E. T, b. 



51* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Dhe btiti ov dhe buterfll iz proverbial, but hou much mor intens 
shud be our admirashon when we lern dhat it iz a thing of 34,000 Tz, 
and dhat on a singgel wing dher hav bin found wun hundred thouz and 
skalz. Dhe wingz ov meni insekts ar ov such extrem tenuiti, dhat fifti 
thouzand ov dhem plast over ech udher wud not kompdz dhe thiknes 
ov a kworter ov an inch ; and yet thin az dha ar, ech iz dubel, so dhat 
dhe aktyual lamine her wud be wun hundred thouzand. 

We ofen se in pralz ov water, smol bits ov elonggated stro and wud, 
semingli having dhe pouer ov moshon. Widh whot interest haz slens 
invested dhez, when we find dhat ech elonggated tub iz dhe horn ov a 
kadis wurm , which iz ultirnatli tu bekum an insekt or fli, such az dhe 
efemeron fli. Dhez wurmz ar expozd tu dhe ravajez ov berdz and 
fishez, and hens dha glu tugedher smol bits ov wud and stro tu mak a 
hous for shelter ; and when dhe fral kasel iz tin bwoiant, dha ad a pes 
ov gravel tu prezerv dhe balans, in order dhat dhe kasel shal not be 
burdensum nor tui bwoiant. 

We regard dhe web ov dhe komon spider az dhe trifling produkt ov 
a disgusting insekt, but it iz an objekt ov intens kuriositi when we 
reflekt dhat ech thred iz kompozd ov for thouzand filaments, and dhat 
for milyonz ov dhez filaments wud not mak a kord thiker dhan a sing- 
gel hasr ov a man'z hed. Anonimus. 



Dhe ostrich wil run swifter dhan dhe fletest hors. Sum berdz kan 
dart agenst and thrm dhe advers aerial kurents, and wil mak nerli tui 
mllz per minit, shoing dhat dha mlt, if kept in wun kors, enkumpas 
dhe erth in les tlm dhan iz rekwird for a fast sterner tu kros dhe 
Atlantik. 

Xotes and Questions. — 1st 1. l beauty.' Why must the t be expressed by Tee in- 
stead of by halving ? 220, &, 1 ; Orth., 3, 1. ' proverbial.' ya is here used by license 

for ia. 135 10th I. 'glue.' u is here joined in accordance with 240, 2. How 

should 'glues' be written ? 210, E 14tb 1. 'curiosity.' yo is here used for io. 

130. ' reflect.' Why can not the t of this word be expressed by halving ? 217 and 
Eem. .. 15th 1. 'of these.' By elevating Of a little from its usual position, Tliese 
is brought into its natural position, and thus Of these is distinguished from Of this 
and Of those. 246, 1. 'would not.' Would, in accordance with the usual rul" of 
phrase-position, determines the position here, and hence Not is brought out of its 
separate position. 245. 



"KEY TO THE EIKST HEADER. 52* 



SELF-CULTURE. 

"Everi person haz ten edyukashonz, wun which lie resevz from udherz, and 
wun, mor important, which he givz tu himself." — Gibon. 

Self-kultyur inkludz dhe edyukashon or traning ov ol parts ov a 
man'z natyur, dhe fizikal and moral, az wel az dhe intelektyual. Ech 
must be developt, and yet ech must yeld sumthing tu satisfl dhe klamz 
ov dhe udherz. Kultivat dhe fizikal pouerz exklusivli, and yu hav an 
athlet or a savaj ; dhe moral onli, and yu hav an enthuziast or a 
maniak ; dhe intelektyual onli, and yu hav a dizezd oditi, it ma be a 
monster. It iz onli bi wizli traning ol thre tugedher dhat dhe komplet 
man kan be formd. 

Dhe anshents lad grat stres on fizikal traning, and a sound mind in 
a sound bodi woz dhe end which dha prof est* tu am at in dhar hlest 
skuilz ov kultyur. Dhe Grek techerz wer peripatetik, holding dhat 
yung men shud onli lern whot dha kud lern standing. 

But whil it iz nesesari, in dhe ferst plas, tu sekur dhis solid founda- 
shon ov fizikal helth, it must also be obzervd dhat sustand aplikashon 
iz dhe inevitabel prls which must be pad for mental akwizishonz ov ol 
sorts ; and it iz az futil tu expekt dhem widhout it, az tu luk for a 
harvest whser dhe sed haz not bin son. Dhe rod tu nolej iz fre tu ol 
htn wil giv dhe labor and dhe stucli rekwizit tu gadher it ; nor ar dher 
eni difikultiz so grat dhat dhe student ov rezolut purpos ma not efekt- 
yuali surmount and overkum dhem. It woz wun ov dhe karakteristik 
expreshonz ov Chaterton, dhat God had sent hiz kretyurz intu dhe 
wurld widh armz long enuf 

This entire article on Self-Culture will repay a thoughtful perusal. Its inculca- 
tions of Thoroughness, Accuracy, and Application should be observed by phono- 
graphic students ; and let it be remembered by the self-educator, that Phonography 
once learned is a valuable aid in self-improvement. And to those who view Pho- 
nography simply as a means of money-getting, there is commended the chapter on 
4 Low View of Knowledge.' Generally, knowledge best rewards her sincere devo- 
tee. A selfish purpose is not as powerful as love of knowledge for itself. 



53* KEY TO THE FIE&T READER. 

tu rich enithing if dha clnuz tu be at dhe trubel. In studi, az in 
bizines, enerji iz'dhe grat thing. Dhcr must be dhe "fervet opus" — 
we must not onli strik dhe Trn whll it iz hot, but strlk it til it iz mad 
hot. Dhe proverb sez, " he htu haz hart haz everithing," ke non arde, 
nou inchande, hra duth not burn duth not inflam. It iz astonishing 
hou much mil be akomplisht in self-kultyur hi dhe enerjetik and dhe 
persevering, lira ar kasrful tu aval dhemselvz ov oportunitiz, and yraz 
up dhe fragments ov spacr tlm which dhe Idel permit tu run tu wast. 
Dhus Ferguson lernd astronomi from dhe hevenz whTl rapt in a shep- 
skin on dhe hiland hilz. Dhus Ston lernd mathematiks whll wurking 
az a jurniman gardener ; dhus Drvi studid dhe hiest filosofi in dhe in- 
tervalz ov kobling shraz ; dhus Miler tot himself jeoloji whll wurking 
az a da-laborer in a kwori. Bl bringing dhar mind tu ba3r upon nolej 
in its varius aspekts, and kasrfuli yrazing up dhe veri odz and endz ov 
dhar tlm, men such az dhez, in dhe veri humblest serkumstansez, recht 
dhe hiest kultyur, and akwlrd onorabel distinkshon amung dhar felo- 
men. 

Ser Joshyua Renoldz woz so ernest a belever in dhe pouer ov in- 
dustri, dhat he held dhat ol men mit achev ekselens if dha wud but 
exerslz dhe pouer ov asidyuus and pashent wurking. He held dhat 
drujeri woz on dhe rod tu jenyus, and dhat dher wer no limits tu dhe 
profishensi ov an artist eksept dhe limits ov hiz on panztaking. He 
wud not belev in whot iz kold inspirashon, but onli in studi and labor. 
" Ekselens," he sed, u iz never granted tu man but az dhe reword ov 
labor." "If yu hav grat talents, industri wil imprrav dhem ; if yu 
hav but moderat abilitiz, industri wil supll dhar defishensi. Nuthing 
iz denid tu wel-direkted labor ; nuthing iz tu be obtand widhout it. ' ' 
Ser Fouel Buxton, hra labord in a veri diferent feld, woz an ekwal 
belever 



Notes and. Questions.— -5th 1. ' energetic' The accented vowel of this word 
being second-place, it is written in the second position, that is, with the sloping 
letter resting on the line of writing. 219, 2. ; careful.' How may the advanced 

writer add -fid or -fully to a full-length straight line ? p. 119, E. 8 6th 1. ' spare.' 

Why is Ar instead of Eay used in this word ? 152, 2 ; Orth., 5, R. 3, o. ' idle.' Del 
is the briefest expression of the consonants of this word, and permits the easy 
writing of I (the accented vowel) and the unaccented vowel is easily supplied. 
Dee-Lay is used as the outline of Idol, so as to permit the easy writing of the sec- 
ond vowel in the derivative words, Idolatry, etc. See and carefully read Orth., 5, 
and E. 1 and 4. 



KEY TO THE FIRST HEADER. 54:* j 

in dhe pouer ov studi ; and be entertand dhe modest Idea dhat he kud 
dm az wel az udher men if he devoted tu dhe purstit dubel dhe tlm and 
labor dbat dha did. He plast hiz grat konlidens onli in ordinal! menz 
and extradrdinari aplikashon. Jenyus, widhout wurk, iz sertenli a 
dum orakel ; and it is unkwestyonabli trfi, dhat dhe men ov dhe blest 
jenyus hav invariabli bin found tu be amung dhe most ploding, hard- 
wurking, and intent men, dhar chef karakteristik aparentli konsisting 
simpli in dhar pouer ov laboring mdr intensli and efektivli dhan 
udherz. 

Thiirones and Akyurasi. 

Tkurones and akyurasi ar tut prinsipal points tu be amd at in studi. 
Fransis Horner, in laing doun rQlz for dhe kultivashon ov hiz mind 
and karakter, plast grat stres upon dhe habit ov kontinyuus aplikashon 
tu wun subjekt for dhe sak ov mastering it thuroli, konflning himself, 
widh dhis objekt, tu but a fu buks, and rezisting widh dhe gratest 
fermnes " everi aprdch tu dhe habit ov desultdri reding." Dhe valyu 
ov nolej tu eni man sertenli konsists not in its kwontiti, but manli in 
dhe gud yrasez tu which he ma apli it. Hens a litel nolej, ov an exakt 
and perfekt karakter, iz olwaz found mdr valyuabel for praktikal pur- 
posez dhan eni extent ov superfishal lerning. Dhe fraz in komon 3 r tns 
az tu " dhe spread ov nolej ' ' at dhis da iz no dout korekt. But it iz 
spred so wldli, and in such thin laerz, dhat it dnli servz tu revel dhe 
mas ov ignorans lling beneth. Never, perhaps, wer buks mdr exten- 
sivli red or les studid, and dhe number iz rapidli inkresing ov dhdz hui 
no a litel ov everithing, but nuthing wel. Such rederz hav not inaptli 
bin llkend tu a serten sort ov poket-nlf which sum pepel kari about 
•vudh dhem, which, in adishon tu a komon nlf, kontanz a fil, a chizel, 
a so, a gimlet, a skru-drlver, and a paer ov sizorz, but ol so diminyutiv, 
dhat dhe moment dha ar neded for yins dha ar found yrasles. 



Notes and Questions. — 1st 1. ' entertained.' "What is the sign for the prefix 
inter- ? 22S, S. How may similar initial syllables be represented ? 22S, R. 1. How 
may enter- be represented ? Many of the prefix-signs are joined by the advanced 
■writer, as is enter' in this word? p. 113, E. 10. ' modest.' In order to use the 

halving principle in this word, the unaccented vowel is omitted. 216, a 2d 1. 

1 pursuit.' As Per-Es would not be so convenient a form for Pursue as Pee-Ray-Es 
is, the derivative Pursuit, for analogy's sake, is written Pee-Ray-Stee, notwith- 
standing Peis-Tee would be quicker and would comply with principles of vocal- 
ization. Orth., § 4, teaches that accordance with the laws of analogy is one of the 
requirements of speed. See Orth., 6. 



55* KEY TO TIIK FIRST READER. 

Wun ov Ignashius Loyola's maxima woz, <; He hui duz wel wun wurk 
at a tim, duz mdr dhan ol." Bi spreding our eforts over tin larj a 
surfas, we inevitabli weken our tors, hinder our progres, and akwlr a 
habit ov fitfulnes and inefektiv wurking. Whotever a yiuth under- 
taks tu lern, he shud not be suferd tu lev until he kan rech hiz armz 
round it and klinch hiz handz on dhe udher sid. Dhus he wil lern dhe 
habit ov thuroncs. Lord St. Lenardz wuns komunikated tu Ser Fouel 
Buxton dhe mod in which he had kondukted hiz studiz, and dhus ex- 
pland dhe sekret ov hiz sukses. " I rezolvd, when begining tu red lo, 
tu mak everithing I akwlrd perfektli ml on, and never tu go tu a sek- 
ond thing til I had entlrli akomplished dhe ferst. Meni ov ml kom- 
petitorz red az much in a da az I red in a wek, but at dhe end ov tvvelv 
munths, ml nolej woz az fresh az dhe da it woz akwlrd, whil dharz had 
glided awa from rekolekskon." Ser E. B. Lit-on wuns explaning hou 
it woz dhat, w r hll so fuli eiigajd in aktiv llf, he had riten so meni buks, 
obzervd, "I kontrlv tu dm so much bi never dining tni much at a 
tim. Az a jeneral rui, I hav devoted tu studi not mor dhan thre ourz 
a da, and when Panlinient iz siting not olwaz dhat ; but dhen during 
dhoz ourz, I hav given ml hoi atenshon tu whot I woz about. 

Definit Objekts in Studi. 

It iz not dhe kwontiti ov studi dhat warn gets thrin, or dhe amount 
ov reding dhat maks a wlz man, but dhe apozitnes ov dhe studi tu dhe 
purposez for which it iz pursud ; dhe konsentrashon ov dhe mind, for 
dhe tim being, upon dhe subjekts under konsiderashon, and dhe habit- 
yual disiplin bi which dhe hoi sistem ov mental aplikashon iz regyu- 
lated. Abernethi woz even ov opinyon dhat dher woz a point ov 
satyurashon in hiz on mind, and dhat if he tuk intu it sumthing mdr 
dhan it kud hold, it dnli had dhe efekt ov pushing 

Notes (tnd Questions.— 1st 1. ' does' is here unnecessarily vocalized, for it U a 
derivative from Do (though the vowel is changed), and might properly be written 

by the sign for Do with the formative (s) added by Iss. p. 142, E. 5 4th 1. 

k clench.' 67/>ic7i=klinch, as in the Key, is better 7th 1. ' everything' is written 

as though it were a phrase, as are many other compound words, the first element 
of the compound determining the position, in accordance with 245. 'Entirely.' 
Enter 1 wa6 first given by the Hand-Book as a word-sign for Entire. It was writ- 
ten variously in the Old Phonography: Ent-Ar, En-Tee-Ar, but usually En-Tee- 
Kay; and Entirely was usually written En-Tee-Eay-Lay or (in the earlier "edi- 
tions") Ent'-Wer, the present Wer being then used for rl. The Hand-Book first 
Bhowed how to have both Wer and Eel— the hook of the former, small, of the latter, 
large. 161, E. 2. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 56* 

sumthing eis our. Speking ov dhe studi ov medisin, he sed, ''If a 
man haz a kler Idea ov whot he dezirz tu dm, he wil seldom fal in 
selekting dhe proper menz ov akomplishing it." Dhe most profitabel 
studi iz dhat which iz kondukted widh a definit and spesifik objekt, ol 
obzervashon, reflekshon, and reding being direkted upon it for dhe tun 
being. Bl thuroli mastering eni given branch ov nolej, we render it 
much mor valyuabel for yuis at eni moment. Hens it iz not enuf 
merli tu hav buks, or tu no whrer tu red up for informashon az we 
wont it. Praktikal wizdom for dhe purposez ov Iff must be karid 
about widh us, and be redi for yras at kol. It iz not sufishent dhat we 
hav a fund lad up at horn, but not a fardhiug in dhe poket : we must 
kari about widh us a stdr ov kurent koin ov nolej redi for exchanj on 
ol okazhonz, els we ar aparentli helples when dhe oportuniti for akshon 
okurz. 

Desizhon, Promptitud, and Konfidens. 

Desizhon and promptitiid ar azrekwizit in self-kultyur az in bizines. 
Dhe groth ov dhez kwolitiz ma be enkurajd bl akustoming yung pepel 
tu rell upon dhar on resorsez, leving dhem tu enjoi az much fredom 
ov akshon in erli lif az iz praktikabel. Tni much gldans and restrant 
hinder dhe formashon ov habits ov self-help. Dha ar Ilk bladerz tid 
under dhe armz ov wun hm haz not tot himself tu swim. Wont ov 
konfidens iz perhaps a grater obstakel tu imprurvment dhan iz jenerali 
imajind. Tru modesti iz kwit kompatibel widh a du. estimat ov wun'z 
on merits, and duz not demand dhe abnegashon ov ol merit. Dho 
dher ar no dout meni konseted })ersonz hui desev dhemselvz bl pnting 
a fols figyur befor dhar siferz, dhe wont ov konfidens, dhe wont ov 
fath in wun'z-self, and, konsekwentli, dhe wont ov promptitiid in 
akshon, iz a defekt ov karakter which iz found tu stand veri much in 
dhe wa ov individyual advansment. It haz bin sed dhat haf the fal- 
yurz in Hf arlz from 



Xotes and Questioiis. — 1st 1. ' something' is written as though it were a phrase. 
245. Anything is Ending., and, for distinction's sake, Nothing is En-Ith-Ing (con- 
tracted in the Reporting Style to En-Ith). ' medicine.' The second vowel is omit- 
ted here, in order to employ the halving principle. 216, a. ' has a.' The same rule 
applies in joining the circle to a tick as in joining it to a stroke. 27 3d 1. ' profit- 
able.' The second vowel is here omitted to secure the use of halving. 216, a. The 

Old form for this word was Per-Fet-Bel Sth 1. 'we must.' We determines the 

position of the phrase. 245. So also in the word-signs for "Wer 1 , We are ; Wei 1 , 
We will; "Weill 1 , We may. 



57* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

puling in wun'z hors whil he iz leping. Dr. Jonson wcz akustomd tu 
atribyut ol hiz sukses tu konfidens in biz on pouerz. It iz, hided, veri 
ofen dlie kas dhat dhc rezon whi so litel iz dun, iz bekoz so litel iz 
atempted — dhat we dm not suksed simpli bekoz we persist in standing 
in our on lit. Wun step out ov dlie wa mit belp us, but dhat wun step 
we dur not tak. 

Aplikashon. 

Dher iz no wont ov dezlr on the part ov most personz at dhis da tu 
aiiv at dhe rezults ov self-kultyur, but dher iz a grat avershon tu pa dhe 
inevitabel prls for it ov hard wurk. Dr. Jonson held dhat " impa- 
shens ov studi woz dhe mental dizez ov the prezent jenerashon ;" and 
dhe remark iz stil aplikabel. Labor iz stil, and ever wil be, dhe in- 
evitabel prls set upon everithing which iz valyuabel. We must be satis- 
fid tu wurk enerjetikali widh a purpos, and wat dhe rezults widh 
pashens. Bufon haz even sed ov Pashens dhat it iz Jenyus ; dhe pouer 
ov grat men, in hiz opinyon, konsisting manli in dhar pouer ov kon- 
tinyuus wurking and wating. 01 progres ov dhe best kind iz sld ; but 
tu him lira wurks fathfuli and in a lit spirit, be shur dhat dhe reword 
wil be vouchsaft in its on gud tlm. " Kuraj and industri," sez Sharp, 
" must hav sunk in despair, and dhe wurld must hav remand unim- 
prravd and unornamented, if men had merli komprerd dhe efekt ov a 
singgel strok ov dhe chizel widh dhe piramid tu be razd, or ov a sing- 
gel impreshon ov dhe spad widh dhe mounten tu be leveld." We 
must kontinyuusli apll ourselvz tu lit pursfits, and we kan not fal tu 
advans stedili, dho it ma be unkonshusli. Bl degrez, dhe spirit ov 
industri exerslzd in dhe komon formz ov edyukashon wil be transferd 
tu objekts ov grater digniti and mor extensiv yrasfulnes. And stil we 
must wurk on, for dhe wurk ov self-kultyur iz never flnisht. " Tu be 
emploid," sed dhe poet Gra, " iz 

Notes and Questions.— 7th 1. ' disease.' What is the vowel of Ses unvocalized ? 

65. H<y\v may other vowels than e be indicated ? See * consist' in 10th 1 11th 1. 

'in their.' What words may be added by lengthening a curve? 211 14th 1. 

' merely.' A word-sign when it takes a formative to form a derivative, as Mere 
here takes Lay to form Merely^ does not lose its primitive position, for upon that 
it3 legibility, in a great measure, depends. Merely is JIT^-Lay, and not Mer- 

Zay 1 . 261, Fw. 2 15th 1. ' effect.' Why can not Kay after Ef be shortened to add 

t? 2)7 and E. ' stroke.' How is r implied in this word ? 171, 1 2d 1. from bot. 

'usefulness.' The Old form was Es 3 -Fel-Ens. The sign for -fulness originated 
with the Hand-Book. 



KEY TO THE FIRST KEADEE. 58* 

tu be hapi " "It iz beter tu wasr out dhan rust out," sed Bishop 
Kumberland. 

It iz a mark ov a short-sited laborer tu be hnpashent ov groth. It 
must sho itself in a sensibel form, and olmdst at wuns tu satisfl him. 
Llk litel children, eger tu se dhar sedz groing, he wil pul hiz plants up 
tu se whot progres dha ar making, and so kil dhem. But man, hut 
plants and soz, must wat in pashens and in fath — fath in dhe bounti- 
ful spring, and sumer, and otum which wil folo, He must sumtlmz 
even kontent himself widh dhe thot dhat hiz children shal enjoi dhe 
frats. Sum yung men, in wun ov ,La Fontaine's fabelz, ridikul an old 
patriark ov for skor engajd in planting an avenu ov yung trez. Dhe 
yradhz told him he wud not liv tu se dhem az hi az hiz hed. " Wei," 
replid dhe ajed wurker, " whot ov dhat ? If dhar shad [shud] aford 
me no plezhur, it ma afdrd plezhur tu mi children, and even tu yra, 
and, dhaerfor, dhe planting ov dhem afdrdz me plezhur." 

Self-hultyur dhe Best Kidtyur. 

Dhe hlest and most efektiv kultyur ov ol rezolvz itself intu self- 
kultyur. Dhe edyukashon resevd at skral and kolej iz but a begining, 
and iz manli valyuabel in so far az it tranz us in dhe habit ov kon- 
tinyuus aplikashon, and enabelz us tu edyukat ourselvz after a definit 
plan and sistem. Tu enabel dhe mind freli tu exerslz its pouerz, it iz 
nesesari, even under the most thuro sistem ov edyukashon, dhat dher 
shud be okazhonal gaps for its fre operashon. Dhus left in sum 
mezhur tu find out whot it kan dux and whot it kan not dm, it wil 
gan in strength and aktiviti, and dhe evilz arizing from tui entlr de- 
pendens on dhe techingz ov udherz wil be in a grat degre avoided. 
Ofen dhe best edyukashon ov a man iz dhat which he givz himself 
whil engajd in dhe aktiv pursuts ov praktikal lif. Dhe student at 
Triniti Kolej , Dublin, hui kold upon wun ov hiz techerz, 

Kotes and Questions.— 1st 1. ' to wear.' Observe that the second-place heavy dot 
in the use of the twelve-vowel scheme (47) represents two vowels — as ai in ail=al, 
and ai in air=9dr. The different uses are distinguished the same as we distinguish 
between the different uses, in the ordinary spelling, of a as in ale and in care, of ai as 
in fail and fair, dairy=d&ri andfairy^f&ri. Our knowledge of words enables us 
to distinguish in these cases. So in Phonography. § 44 sbows us how to distinguish 
between a and se, e and e, a and a, or 6 and o, when one sign is used for the two 

vowels 2d 1. ' it is a.' 27, 4 applies to joining the circle in such a case as this, 

as when the two lines are consonant-signs. To turn the circle on the right and 
write a backward is awkward ; or to the right, would imply an Ar-hook ; and Tees- 
Tetoid, allowable when phrase-writing requires, is not so rapid as Tees-Ketoid. 



59* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

and told him dhat he woz loving dhe yumiversiti b£4toz he had tl fin- 
isht hiz edyukashon," woz aptli rebiikt bl dhe remark ov dhe profesor, 
11 Inded ! I am onli begining mm." Puting ideaz intu wun'z hed wil 
dui dhe hed no gud, eni mor dhan puting thingz intu a bag, unles it 
reakt upon dhem, mak dhem its on, and turn dhern tu akount. " It 
iz not enuf," ted Jon Lok, "tu kram ourselvz widh a grat lod ov 
kolekshonz ; unles we chii dhem over agon, dha wil not giv us strength 
and nurishment. ' ' Dhat which iz put intu us bl udherz iz olwaz far 
les our on dhan dhat which we akwlr bl our on dilijent and persever- 
ing efort. Nolej konkerd bi labor bekumz a pozeshon — a properti 
entlrli our on. A grater vividnes and permanensi ov impreshon iz 
sekurd, and fakts dhus akwird bekum rejisterd in dhe mind in a wa 
dhat mer imparted informashon kan never produs. Dhis kind ov self- 
kultyur also kolz forth pouer and kultivats strength. Dhe self-solu- 
shon ov wun problem helps dhe masteri ov anudher, and dhus nolej iz 
karid intu fakulti. Our on aktiv efort iz dhe esenshal thing ; and no 
fasilitiz, no buks, no techerz, no amount ov lesonz lernd bl rot, wil 
enabel us tu dispens widh it. Such a spirit infuzd intu self-kultyur 
givz berth tu a living teching, which insplrz widh purpos dhe hoi man, 
impresing a distinkt stamp upon dhe mind, and aktivli promoting dhe 
formashon ov prinsipelz and habitudz ov kondukt. 

Dhe best techerz hav bin prompt tu rekognlz dhe importans ov 
self-kultyur, and ov stimyulating dhe student erli tu akustom himself 
tu akwlr nolej bl dhe aktiv exershon ov hiz on fakultiz. Dha hav 
relld mor upon traning dhan upon teling, and sot tu mak dhar pupilz 
dhemselvz aktiv partiz tu dhe wurk in which dha wer engajd, dhus 
making teching sumthing far hler dhan dhe mer pasiv resepshon ov 
dhe skraps and detalz ov nolej. Dhis woz dhe spirit in which dhe grat 
Dr. Arnold wurkt ; he strdv tu tech hiz pupilz tu rell upon dhemselvz, 

Notes and Questions.— -1st 1. ' beginning.' Why is a single subscript line re- 
quired to be waved ? 80 7th 1./ ' conquered.' How may con—kong be repre- 
sented ? 223, E. 1, e 8th 1. 'a possession.' "Where, with reference to Eshon, 

does a vowel read when written either before or after ? A. Before it. 19T ; 19S, 1. 
Q. Then what is the purpose of writing a vowel aft r Eshon? A. To show that it 
is a second- or third-place vowel, as may be required ; while writing before signi- 
fies a first-place vowel. When Eshon is joined to a hook, there being but one place 
to write a vowel, vowels of whatever place have to be written there 9th L ' vivid- 
ness' should have been engraved Yee-Ved-Ens. The engraver has inadvertently 
shortened the first Vee. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 60* 

and tu develop dhar on pouers ; himself merli giding, direkting, 
stiroyulating, and enkurajing dhein. "I wud far radher," he sed, 
" send a boi tu Van Demen'z Land, whaer he must wu^k for hiz bred, 
dhan send him tn Oxford tu liv in luxyuri, widhout eni dezlr in hiz 
mind tu aval himself ov hiz advantajez." " If dber be wun thing on 
erth," he obzervd on anudher okazkon, " which iz truli admirabel, it 
iz tu se God'z wizdom blesing an inferioriti ov natyural pouerz when 
dha hav bin onestli, truli, and zelusli kultivated." Speking ov a 
pupil ov dhis karakter, he sed, " I wud stand tu dhat man hat in 
hand." Wuns at Lalham, when teching a radher del boi, he spok 
sumwhot skarpli tu him, on which dhe pupil lukt up in hiz fas and 
sed, " WhI dm yu spek so anggrili, ser ? Inded, I am dining dhe best 
I kan." Yerz afterward, Arnold ymzd tu tel dhe stdri tu hiz children, 
and aded, " I never felt so much in ml Hf : dhat luk and dhat speck I 
hav never forgoten. ' ' 

Nolej and Wizdom. 

Dher iz no mdr personal merit ataching tu dhe pozeshon ov natyural 
superior intelektyual pouerz dhan in dhe sukseshon tu a larj estat. It 
iz dhe yuis which iz mad ov dhe wun az ov dhe udher which konsti- 
tuts dhe dnli just klam tu respekt. A grat fund ov nolej ma be 
akumyulated widhout eni purpos, and dho a sdrs ov plezhur tu dhe 
pozesor, it ma be ov lite! yms tu eni wun els. It iz not mer literari 
kultyur dhat maks a man ; for it iz posibel tn hav red meni buks and 
waded thrui meni slensez, and yet tu pozes no sound intelektyual dis- 
iplin ; whll udherz, widhout skolastik kultyur, ma, bl dhe dilijent 
exersiz ov dhar jujment and obzervashon, hav akwird eminent mental 
vigor. 

An ofen kwoted expreshon at dhis da iz dhat ' ' Nolej iz pouer, ' ' but 
so olsd ar 

2\ T otes and Questions. — 1st 1. ' guiding.' Guide might be written Ttith Ged, but 
as in reading unvocalized Phonography Guide and God, if both were written 
Ged 1 , would be confusible, Guide is written Gay-Dee, and, of course, Guiding 

should be written analogously 9th 1. Ar is used for r following an initial vowel 

when it can be conveniently written, and sometimes in derivative words, for anal- 
ogy's sake, even when Ray would be more convenient, as in Ilereinto, Ar-En-Tee ; 
Ileareth, Ar-Ith : but in primitive words, as Arnold, Arch, Urge, Arrange, Ray is 
used if more convenient than Ar for junction with the following letter. 



61* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

fanatisizm, and despotizm, and ambishon. Nolej ov itself, unles wlzli 
direkted, mlt merli mak bad men mor danjerus, and dlio sosieti in 
which it woz regarded az dhe hlest gud litel beter dhan a pandemonium. 
Nolcj must be alid tu gndnes and wisdom, and embodid in uprlt karak- 
ter, els it iz not. / Pestalozzi even held intelektynal traning bl itself tu 
be pernishus, insisting dhat dhe ruts ov ol nolej must strik and fed in dhe 
soil ov dhe relijus, ritli-guvernd wil Dhe akwizishon ov nolej ma, it 
iz tru, protekt a man agenst dhe mener feloniz ov lif ; but not in eni 
degre agenst its selfish vlsez, unles fortifld bl sound prinsipelz and 
habits. Hens dui we find in dali lif so meni instansez ov men hiu ar 
wel-informd in intelekt, but uterli deformd in karakter, fild widh dhe 
lerning ov dhe skuilz, and yet pozesing litel praktikal wizdom, and 
ofering exampelz radher for worning dhan imitashon. 

Dhe pozeshon ov a librari, or dhe fre yuis ov it, no mor konstituts 
lerning dhan dhe pozeshon ov welth konstituts jenerositi. Dhe poze- 
shon ov dhe mer material z ov nolej iz sumthing veri diferent from 
wizdom and understanding, which ar recht thrm a hler kind ov disi- 
plin dhan dhat ov reding. 

" Nolej dwelz 
In hedz replet widh thots ov udher men ; 
Wizdom, in mindz atentiv tu dhar on. 
Nolej, a rud unprofltabel mas, 
Dhe mer materialz widh which wizdom bildz, 
Til smuidhd and skwserd, and fited tu its plas, 
Duz but enkumber huim it semz tu enrich." 

Dhe multitud ov buks which modern rederz wad thrm ma produs 
distrakshon az much az kultyur, 



Notes and Questions.— 1st 1. c despotism.' "What vowel is omitted from this 

word? A. i. Q. Why? A. To allow of shortening to add t. 216, a; 239 

2d 1. ' highest.' 146, E. 3 3d 1. 'must be.' In what cases may t be omitted ? 

236, 3. Why, in this phrase, is be taken out of its separate position ? A. Because 
Must, in accordance with the general rule of phrase-position, determines the posi- 
tion. 245. * goodness,' a derivative word-sign, is formed, in accordance with the 
rule, by adding, by En-Iss, the formative -ness. p. 145, E. 5. 'embodied.' Why is 
Ded written above the line ? 219, 1. . . .4th 1. l intellectual.' What consonant is omit- 
ted from this word ? 236, 4, and example L. ' Give some other words from which I 
is omitted. A Intelligent, Ent-Jent 2 ; Intelligence, Ent-Jens 2 ; Knowledge, In- 

Jay 2 , i.e., Inte^'ent, Intetyenee, J$~o\j 11th 1. 'constitutes.' Why is this word 

written above the line? A. In accordance with 219, 1, its accented syllable, con, 
containing a first-place vowel. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



62* 



dhe proses leving no nior definit impreshon upon dhe mind dhan 
gazing tlirin dhe shifting formz ova kalrdoskop duz upon dhe I. 
Reding iz ofen but a mer pasiv resepshon ov udher men'z thots, dher 
being litel or no aktiv efort ov dhe mind in dhe transakshon. Dhen 
hou much ov our reding iz but dhe induljens ov a sort ov literari epi- 
kiirizm, or intelektyual dram-drinking, imparting a gratful eksltment 
for dhe moment, widhout dhe slitest efekt in impr raving and enrich- 
ing dhe mind or bilding up dhe karakter. Dhus meni indulj dhem- 
selvz in dhe konset dhat dha ar kultivating dhar mindz, when dha ar 
dnli emploid in dhe humbler okyupaskon ov Idling tirn, ov which, 
perhaps, dhe best dhat kan be sed iz dhat it merli keps dhem from 
draing wurs thingz. 

Mr. Karlll, when aplid tu bl a yung frend for advls az tu dhe buks 
he woz tu red, rot tu him az foloz : "It iz not bl buks alon, nor bl 
buks chefli, dhat a man bekumz in ol parts a man. Studi tu dra fath- 
fuli whotsoever thing in yur aktyual sityuashon, dhser and nou, yu 
find edher expresli or tasitli lad tu yur charj ; dhat iz yur post ; stand 
tu it lik a tru soldyer. A man perfekts himself bl wurk much mor 
dhan bl reding. Dha ar a groing kind ov men dhat kan wlzli kombln 
dhe tra thingz— wlzli, ^alyantli kan dra whot iz lad tu dhar hand in 
dhar prezent sfer, ard prepaer dhemselvz widhol for draing wider 
thingz, if such li bef'r dhem." 

It iz olso tu be born in mind dhat dhe experiens gadhered from 
buks, dho ofen valyuabel, iz but ov dhe natyur ov Urning, whaeraz dhe 
experiens gand from aktyual lif iz ov dhe natyur ov ivizdom, and a 
smol stor ov dhe later iz wurth vastli mor dhan eni stok ov dhe fd-mer. 
Lord Bolingbrok truli sed dhat '* Whotever studi tendz nedher direktli 
nor indirektli tu mak us beter men and sitizenz iz at best but a speshus 
and injenyus sort ov Idelnes, and dhe nolej we akwlr bl it onli a kred- 
itabel kind ov ignorans and nuthing mor " 



Notes and Questions. — 1st 1. 'process.' "Why is not e written in the large circle? 
A. Because the circle of itself represents a syllable (ses, zes, sez, or zez) containing 
the vowel e. * kaleidosco; e.' The unaccented vowel (239, 2) is omitted here, so 

that d may be expressed by shortening 2d 1. 'of other men's.' Why is Of here 

brought down from its separate position ? J. So that Other may be in its position. 
246, 1. ' being.' Why is it not necessary to vocalize this word ? J. 3ecau.-e it is a 
derivative from the sign-w« rd Be, and all that is required to make Being is to add 
-to Bee-, for Be, the formative frig. 



63* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Yuisful and instruktiv dho grid reding ma be, it iz yet onli wun mod 
ov kultivating dhe mind, and iz much Ies iniluenshal dhan praktikal 
experiens and gud exampel in dhe fonnashon ov karaktcr. Dher wer 
wlz, valyant, and trd-harted men bred in Inggland long befdr dhe ex- 
istens ov a reding publik. Magna Karta woz sekurd bi men hra sind 
dhe ded widh dhar mark. Dho oltugedher unskild in dhe art ov de- 
slfering dhe litcrari sinz bi which prinsipelz wer denominated upon 
paper, dha yet understud and apreshiated. and boldli kontended for 
dhe thingz dhemselvz. Dhus dhe foundashonz ov Ingglish liberti wer 
lad bi men hui, dho iliterat, wer neverdheles ov dhe veri hlest stamp 
ov karakter And it must be admited dhat dhe chef objekt ov kultyur 
iz, not merli tu fil dhe mind widh udher men'z thots, and tu be dhe 
pasiv resipients ov dhar impreshonz ov thingz, but tu enlarj our indi- 
vidyual intelijens, and render us mor yoisful and efishent wurkerz in 
dhe sfer ov lif tu which we ma be kold. 

Disiplin ov Lif and Akshon. 

It iz not hou much a man ma no dhat iz ov so much importans az 
dhe end and purpos for which he noz it. Dhe objekt ov nolej shud be 
tu matiir wizdom and impruiv karakter, tu render us beter, hapier, 
and mor ymsful — mor benevolent, mor enerjetik, and mor efishent in 
dhe pursut ov everi hi purpos in lif. We must ourselvz be and dui, and 
not rest satisfid merli widh reding and meditating over whot udher 
men hav riten and dun. Our best lit must be mad lif, and our best 
thot akshon. Dhe humblest and lest literat must tran hiz sens ov 
duti, and akustom himself tu an orderli and dilijent lif. Dho talents 
ar dhe gift ov natyur, dhe hlest vertyu ma be akwird bi men ov dhe 
humblest abilitiz, thrui k£erful self-disiplin. At lest we ot tu be abel 
tu sa, az Rioter did, " I hav mad az much out ov mlself az kud be mad 
ov dhe stuf, and no man shud rekwlr mor." It iz 

Fofes and Questions. — 3d 1. ' Img.' 156, 2. El is here used to avoid the angle 
which would be required with the use of Lay. But for that, Lay would be em- 
ployed, as usually, for initial 1 4th 1. ' altogether.' In accordance with the per- 
mission of 229, the word-sign for All is used for the prefix al = o\ in Altogether. 
This word was formerly written Bedoid':Gay 2 , but there is nothing to prevent join- 
ing the letters. 229, E. 1. What is the position of word-signs when used as prefix- 
signs? 229, It. 1. What one may be adapted to the position of the remainder of 
the word ? 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 64:* 

everi man'z duti tu disiplin and gld himself, widh God'z help, akording 
tu hiz responsibilitiz, and dhe fakultiz he iz endoud widh. Gided bi 
dhe gud exampel and dhe gud wurks ov udherz, we must yet reli 
manli upon our on inward eforts, and bild upon our on foundashonz 



Self- Disiplin and Self- Respekt. 

Self-disiplin and self kontrdl ar dhe beginiogz ovpraktikal wizdom, 
and dkez must hav dhar rut in self-respekt. Hop springz from it — 
hop, which iz dhe kompanyon ov pouer, and dhe mudher ov sukses ; 
for, hrasd hops strongli haz widhin him dhe gift ov mirakelz. Dhe 
humblest ma sa, " Tu respekt mlself, tu develop miself — dhis iz ml tru 
ddti in lif. An integral and responsibel part ov dhe grat sistem ov 
sosieti, I 6 tu sosieti and tu its othor not tu degrad nor destroi ml 
bodi, mind, nor instinkts. On dhe kontrari, I am bound tu dhe best 
ov ml pouer tu giv dhoz parts ov mi natyur dhe hlest degre ov perfek- 
shon posibel. I am not dnli tu supres dhe evil, but tu evdk dhe gud 
elements in ml natyur. And az I respekt ml on natyur, so am I 
ekwali bound tu respekt udherz, az dha on dhar part ar bound tu 
respekt me." Hens mutyual respekt, justis, and order, ov which lo 
bekumz dhe riten rekord and garante. 

Self-respekt iz dhe noblest garment widh which a man ma klodh 
himself — dhe most elevating feling widh which dhe mind kan be 
insplrd. Wun ov Pithag-oras'ez wlzest maximz, in hiz Golden Versez, 
iz dhat in which he enjoinz dhe pupil tu "reverens himself." Born 
up bi dhis hi Idea, he wil not defll- hiz bodi bi senshualiti, nor hiz 
mind bi servil thots. Dhis sentiment karid intu dali lif, wil be found 
at dhe rut ov ol dhe vertyuz— klenlines, sobrleti, chastiti, moraliti, 
and relijon. " Dhe plus and just onoring ov ourselvz," said Milton, 



Notes and Questions.— Z& 1. ' guided.' Why is Ded of this word written in the 
first position, i. <? , above the line? 219, 1. When the first or only sloping or per- 
pendicular consonant of a word, is half-length, v,'here is that stroke written if the 
accented vowel of the word is first-place ? Where, if the accented vowel is sec- 
ond- or third-place ? 3d 1. Where should Bled for Build be written ? If above 

the line, i. £., in the first position, why ? Where should Bend for Bound be writ- 
ten ? If on the line, why ? Why should I-Est for Highest be written above the line ? 
Why should Bend for Bend be written on the line ? Where should be written the 
first letter (Let) of Little t Of Lately ? 



65* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

" ma be thot dlie radikal moist yur and fountcn-hed from whens everi 
lodabel and wurdhi enterpriz ishiiz forth." Tu think menli ov wun'z- 
self iz tu sink in wun'z on estimashon az wel az in dhe estimashon ov 
udherz, and az dhe thots ar, so wil dhe akts be. A man kan not liv a 
hi llf hui grovelz in a moral siier ov hiz on thots. He kan not aspir 
if he luk doun ; if he wil rlz, he must luk up. Dhe veri humblest ma 
be sustand bl dhe proper induljens ov dhis feling, and poverti itself 
ma be lifted and lited up bl self-respekt. It iz truli a nobel sit tu se a 
prar man hold himself upiit amid ol hiz temptashonz, and refuz tu 
demen himself bl lo akshonz. 

Nolej iz Pouer. 

It iz not nesesari dhat we shud insist on dhe yuisez ov nolej az a 
menz ov " geting on" in llf. Dhis iz olredi suflshentli tot bl obvius 
self-interest ; and it iz begining tu be priti jenerali understud dhat 
self-kultyur iz wun ov dhe best posibel investments ov tlm and labor. 
In eni Hn ov lif, intelijens wil enabel a man to adapt himself mor 
redili tu serkumstansez, sujest tu him imprmvd methodz ov wurk, and 
render him mor apt, skild, and efektiv in ol respekts. He hut wurks 
widh hiz hed az wel az hiz handz, wil kum tu luk at hiz bizines widh 
a klerer I, and he wil bekum konshus ov inkresing pouer, perhaps dhe 
most chering konshusnes dhe human mind kan cherish. Dhe pouer 
ov self-help wil gradyuali gro, and in proporshon tu a man'z self- 
respekt wil he be armd agenst dhe temptashon ov Id induljensez. 
Sosleti and its akshon wil be regarded widh kwlt a nu interest, hiz 
simpathiz wil widen and enlarj, and he wil be direkted tu wurk for 
udherz az wel az for himself. 



Kotes and Questions.— 1st 1. 'moisture.' 239, 2 2d 1. ' meanly.' 239, 2. ' esti- 
mation.' Why does Est rest on the line ? 219, 2. ' of others.' Of is here brought 
a little below its separate position so that Others may also be in its position. So 
long as a word of the first position is above the line of writing— that is, does not 
come down to the line— it is in the first position. This permits elevating and de- 
pressing a word of the first position so as to allow a following joined word to occupy 
its position also. Both words occupying their position, the phrase is more legible 
than it would be otherwise. But observe that it would not be convenient to raise 
and depress such words as By, Bee 1 , Each, Chay 1 , but only horizontal words, or 
dash or tick word-signs, as Bedoid 1 , All, Chetoid 1 , On. 246. The former signs, in 
their natural position, are too near the line to admit practically of depression, and 
raising them sufficiently for any purpose of distinction would be inconvenient, and 
destroy lineality of writing. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 66* 

Self-kultyur ma not, houever, end in eminens, such az we hav brefii 
deskribd in dhe nunierus ilustrius instanscz ov self-razd individyualz 
abuv-sited. Dhe grat majoriti ov men in ol timz, houever enlitend, 
must nesesarili be engajd in dhe ordinari avokashonz ov industri, and 
no degre ov kultyur which kan be konferd upon dhe komuniti wil ever 
enabel dhem — even wer it dezlrabel, which it iz not — tu get rid ov dhe 
dali wurk ov sosleti, which must be dun. But dhis, we think, ma olso 
be akomplisht. We kan elevat dhe kondishon ov labor bl ailing it tu 
nobel thots, which konfer a gras upon dhe loliest az wel az dhe hlest 
rank ; for, no mater hou purr or humbel a man ma be, dhe grat 
thinker ov dhis and udher daz ma kum in and sit doun widh him, and 
be hiz kompanyon for dhe tlm, dho hiz dweling be dhe menest hut. 
It iz dhus dhat dhe habit ov wel-direkted reding ma bekum a sors ov 
dhe gratest plezhur and self-imprravment, and exerslz a jentel koer- 
shon, widh dhe most beneflsent rezult, over dhe hoi tenor ov a man'z 
karakter and kondukt. And even dho self-kultyur ma not bring 
welth, it wil, at ol events, giv us dhe gud kompani ov elevated thots. 
A nobelman wuns kontemptyuusli askt ov a saj , ' ' Whot hav yu got 
bl ol yur filoson V " At lest I hav got sosleti in mlself," woz dhe wlz 
man'z repll. 

But meni ar apt tu fel despondensi, and tu bekum diskurajd in dhe 
wurk ov self-kultyur, bekoz dha dui not " get on" in dhe wurld so fast 
az dha think dha dezerv tu dui. Having planted dhar akorn, dha ex- 
pekt tu se it gro intu an ok at wuns. Dha hav, perhaps, lukt upon 
nolej in dhe lit ov a marketabel komoditi, and ar konsekwentli mor- 
tifid bekoz it duz not sel az dha expekted it wud dui. 

Notes and Qi(,estions.—\st 1. * self-culture.' How might yu=yoo have been writ- 
ten otherwise than through Ter ? 169, 4. Why is it written through Ter ? ' emi- 
nence.' The briefest expression of the consonants of this word is Men-Ens ; and 
since this form fulfills all the other requirements of phonographic orthography, 
it must be taken as the best outline. The Old outline wa s Em-En-Ens. k described.' 
"What consonant is omitted in the engraved form of this word ? 171, E. 3 ; 236, 4, 

Example R 16th 1. ' and to.' The engraving here illustrates a theoretical, and 

what is generally an easy practical distinction between Tides and Dashes. A 
Dash is longer than a Tick. A good phonographer without apparent effort distin- 
guishes one from the other by length, though it is by no means necessary for legi- 
bility to do so. With the proper standard for a full length, you may readily distin- 
guish from it the Half Lengths, the Dashes {Quarter Lengths), and the Ticks 
{Eighth Lengths). 



67" KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Lo Vu ov JVohj. 

Tu regaru self-kultyur edher az a menz ov geting past udherz in dhe 
wcrid, or ov intelektyual disipashon and amuzment radher dhan az a 
pouer tu elevat dhe karakter and expand dhe spirityual natyur, iz tu 
pi as it on a veri 16 level. It iz doutles most onorabel for a man tu 
labor tu elevat himself and tu beter hiz kondishon in sosleti, but dhis 
iz not tu be dun at dhe sakriflz ov himself. Tu mak dhe mind dhe 
mer druj ov dhe bodi iz puting it tu a veri servil yms ; and tu go about 
whining and bemoning our pitiful lot bekoz we fal in acheving dhat 
sukses in lif which, after ol, dependz radher upon habits ov industri 
and atenshon tu bizines detalz dhan upon nolej, iz dhe mark ov a smol, 
and ofen ov a sour mind. Such a temper kan not beter be delt widh 
dhan in dhe wurdz ov Robert Southi, hui dhus rot tu a frend hui sot 
hiz kounsel : " I wud giv yu ad vis if it kud be ov yurs, but dher iz no 
ktiring dhoz hui chuiz tu be dizezd. A gud man and a wlz man ma at 
tlmz be anggri widh dhe wurld, at tlmz grevd for it, but be shur no 
man woz ever diskontented widh dhe wurld, if he did hiz duti in it. 
If a man ov edyukashon, hui haz helth, Iz, handz, and lezhur, wonts 
an objekt, it iz onli bekoz God Olmlti haz bestdd ol dhoz blesings upon 
a man hui duz not dezerv dkein." Samyuel Smilz. 



Dhe teleskop ov Galile'o woz but wun inch in diameter, and magni- 
fld objekts but therti tlmz. Yet widh dhis smol instrument, he dis- 
kuverd dhe fas ov dhe mum tu be ful ov inekwolitiz, Ilk mountens 
and valiz ; dhe spots on dhe sun ; dhe fazez ov Venus ; dhe satellts ov 
Jupiter ; and thouzandz ov nu stars in ol parts ov dhe hevenz. It iz 
sed dhat dhe orijinal teleskop konstrukted bl Galileo is stil prezervd 
in dhe British Muzium. A pigmi, inded, in its wa, but dhe onord 
projenitor ov a ras ov jlants. Bunt. 

2Fotes and Questions. — 1st 1. 'intellectual.' What consonant is omitted here? 
236, 4, Example L. Why is & put nearer El than yoo is? 99. See 'power' in 2d 

line 2d 1. ' spiritual.' 221, E. 2 ; p 142, E. 5 3d 1. ' doubtless.' Els is here 

used instead of Lays, in order to permit the insertion of ou. Orth. 3, 2. This is a 
violation of Analogy for the greater requirement of Vocalization and Speed. In 
the Eeporting Style, where the position (Det 3 ) compensates for vocalization, Lays 
may be used for less in most other words. 



KEY TO THE FIRST EEADER. 68* 



A PRAYER IN SUMMER. 

Fadher, ml sad sol iz praing 

Its most fervent praer 
Yeri soft -but JJhou wilt her it 

Part dhe perfumd ser,— 
For I no bi dhis grit glori, 

Dhou art everiwhser! 

01 dhe bati-kloudz dhat hold Dho 

In dhser brazomz whit — 
01 dhe halo ov dhe hevenz, 

Serkling Dhe widh lit— 
Kan not hid Dhe, O ml Fadher, 

From mi ter-dimd sit ;— 

For I se" Dhi grdtnes glding 

01 dhe liming'z pouerz ; 
And Dhi gudnes, foling, foling, 

Widh dhe Burner shouerz ; 
And Dhi tenderne-s upgushing 

Thrra dhe blaim ov floaerz ; — 

And I kan not help ad5ring, — 

Kan not if I wud ; 
And I kan not sea to wurship 

Such inflnitud ; 

And I kan not chraz but lor Dhe, 
Batiful, ol-gud ! 

0. it semeth I kan never, 

Never luv Dhe raor ! 
But I no I shal kep Irving 

Beter dhan befor, 
Thrcn dhe sumerz dhat ar kuming 

When dhis paseth 6'r ;— 



Notes and Questions*-- 1st coL, 2d L 'fervent.' 239. B. 2. 'prayer.' Observe 
that the second-place heavy dot has here the sound of ai in ait\ i. e., precisely & 

(as in at) prolonged. Not that some do not say prar or prer (e being e prolonged). 
But the general pronunciation for prayer, a supplication, is ' pra?r,' while prayer, 
a supplicant, is ' praer.' 



69* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Thrui dhe blisful sumerz kuming— 

Even nou so ni — 
I kan 0lm5st se dhem Dimming 

Thrui dhe prrpel ski, — 
I kan olmost se dhem blmming 

Widh mi mortal I. 

"When dhez flouerz turn pal widh dling, 
And dhar leva wax old, — 

"When dhe silting winter kumeth, 
Widh its frost and kold,— 

Tak me, tak me, O, mi Fadher, 
Tu dhe uper fold ! 

Send tu me" mi swet-broud anjelz, 
Thrra dhe amber dor ; 

Let me her dhar whit fet pater 
O'r dhe star-jemd flor ; 

I hav herd dhem thrra ml sobing 
Meni a tim bcfor— 

Sins dha went awa so hapi, 
(O, dhoz childhud timz !) 

Sins dha went awa so hapi, 
Past dhe church-bel chimz, 

Thrra dhe krimzon-fluded sunset, 
Tu seremer klimz, — 

Tu dhe slior wba?r gref's blak biloz 
Never brak and rol, — 

Wha3r no kanker-wurm ov sorQ 
eta intu dhe sol, 

Thrra dhe beting brest dhat barz it 
From its yernd-fdr gol. 

Fadher, I hav gron so weri ! 

I am sik widh w5 ; 
I wud wok dhe kwiet pafhwa 

Whaer dhe tlrd wunz go, 
I wud shut dhe dor ov amber 

On dhe dark-belo ! 



JTotcs.—X&t col., 6th 1. 'mortal.' Since Mert-Lay is the briefest outline for this 
word, and Immortal also, and complies with other orthographic requirements, it 
must be adopted instead of the Old outline, Em-Eet-El. See Examples of Ortho- 
graphical Parsing, in Phonographic Orthographer, 14; 15; 16. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 70* 

I wud slep awa ml anggwish, 

Berid dep in flouerz ; 
I wud wak amung ml anjelz, 

In Elizhan bouerz, — 
In the wild wudz ov dhe blesed, 

Far awa from ourz ! 

Kat E. P. Eil. 



HONEST POVERTY. 

Iz dhaer, for onest poverti, 

Who hangz hiz hed, and o' dhat ? 
Dhe kouard slav we pas him bl, 
"We dor be" pmr for o' dhat. 
For o' dhat, and o' dhnt, 

Our toil'z obskiir, and o' dhat, 
Dhe rank iz but dhe gin'i stamp, 
Dhe man'z dhe goud for o' dhat. 

Whot dho on hamli faer we din, 
Wser hoden gra, and o' dhat; 
Ge fmlz dhar selks, and navz dhar win, 
A man'z a man for o' dhat. 
For o' dhat, and o' dhat, 

Dhar tinsel sho, and o' dhat, 
Dhe onest man, dho ar se prar, 
Iz king o' men for o' dhat. 

Yu se yon berki ko'd a lord, 

"Who struts and staerz, and o' dhat, 
Dho hundredz wurship at hiz wurd 
He'z but a kraf for o' dhat. 
For o' dhat, and o' dhat, 

Hiz riband, star, and o' dhat, 

Dhe man ov independent mind, 

He luks and lafs at o' dhat. 



Notes and Questiont.—l&t col., 9th 1. ' obscure.' What is implied by*turning the 

circle on the right-hand side of Bee? 171,3; 173 11th 1. 'man's.' Vocalized 

to show the Scottish pronunciation, namely, with a instead of a 2d col., 1st 1. 

' elysian.' Why is the hook made heavy? 12th 1. 'he's.' If Hays were not 

vocalized it would be read He is. 



71* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

A prins kan mak a belted nit, 
• A markwis, duk, and o' dhat, 
But an onest man'z abuin hiz mit, 
Giid feth ho mana fo' dhat ! 
For o' dhat, and o' dhat, 

Dhar dignitiz and o 1 dhat, 
Dhe pith o' sens, and prld o' wtrth 
Ar liier ranks dhan o' dhat. 

Dhen let us pra dhat kum it ma, 

Az kum it wil for o' dhat, 
Dhat sens and wurth, 6'r o' dhe erth 
Ma bser dhe gre, and o' dhat. 
For o' dhat, and o' dhat, 
• 'Tiz kuming yet for o' dhat, 

When man tu man dhe warld 6'r 
Shal brudherz be for o' dhat. Robert B&rnz. 



WONDERFUL POWERS OF LANGUAGE. 

Koraon reding and rlting — dhat iz, in a wurd, dhe yras ov lang- 
gwaj az a sistem ov vizibel and odibel slnz ov thot— iz dhe grat pre- 
rogativ ov our natyur az rashonal beingz. When we hav akwlrd a 
masteri ov dhis sistem ov odibel and vizibel slnz, we hav dun dhe 
gratest thing, az it semz tu me, az far az intelekt iz konsernd, which 
kan be dun bi a rashonal man. It iz so komon dhat we dm not much 
rerlekt upon it ; but Ilk udher komon thingz, it hidz a grat misteri ov 
our natyur. 

"When we hav lernd hou, bi giving an impuls widh our vokal organz 
tu dhe aer, and bi making a fu blak marks on a pes ov paper, tu estab- 
lish a direkt simpathi betwen our in vizibel and spirityual esens and 
dhat ov udher men, so dhat dha kan se and her whot is pasing in our 
mlndz just az if thot and feling dhemselvz wer vizibel and odibel — not 
onli so, when in dhe sam wa we establish a komunikashon betwen 
mind and mind in ajez and kuntriz dhe most remot, — we hav rot a 
mirakel ov human pouer and skil, which I never rerlekt upon widhout 
o. Dhe pres, dhe elektrik telegraf, [and Fonograri] ar onli impruiv- 
ments in dhe mod ov komunikashon. Dhe wunderful thing iz, dhat 
dhe misterius signifikans ov thot, dhe invizibel akshon ov spirit, kan 
be embodid in slnz and soundz adrest tu dhe I and er. 

Edward Evcret. 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 72* 



THE BETTER LAND. 

I her dhe spek ov dhe Beter Land, 
Dhou kolest its children a hapi band. 
Mud her ! O whaer iz dhat radiant shor ; 
Shal we not sek it and wep no mor ? 
Iz it whaer dhe flouer ov dhe dranj bloz, 
And dhe firfliz dans thrra dhe mertel bouz ? ■ 
Not dhaer, not dhaer, ml child. 

Iz it whaer dhe fedheri pam-trez riz, 
And dhe dat groz rip under suni skiz ? 
Or midst dhe gren Ilandz ov glitering sez, 
Whaer fragrant forests perfum dhe brez, 
And stranj brlt berdz, on dhar stari wingz, 
Bssr dhe rich hiiz ov ol glorius thingz ? 
Not dhaer, not dhaer, mi child. 

Iz it far aw a in sum rejon old, 
"Whaer dhe riverz wonder o'r sandz ov gold, 
"Whaer dhe burning raz ov dhe rubi shin, 
And dhe dimond lits up dhe sekret min, 
And dhe perl glemz forth from the koral strand, — 
Iz it dhaer, swet mudher — dhat Beter Land ? 
Not dhaer, not dhaer, mi child. 

I hath not sen it, mi jentel boi. 

er hath not herd its dep sdngz ov joi ; 

Dremz kan not piktyur a wurld so faer, 

Soro and deth ma not enter dhaer ; 

Tim duz not bredh on its fadles blram ; 

Far beyond dhe kloudz and beyond dhe tram, 

'Tiz dhaer, 'tiz dhaer, mi child. 3frs. Hemanz. 

Concluding Advice.— If the pupil has read and copied several times each page 
of this Eeader, he will be prepared to learn the Eeporting Style, and may com- 
mence the study of the Second Reader, in accordance with its directions. The 
use of repeated reading and copying is to familiarize the forms both to the eye and 
hand. Until you have mastered the Art, give it some attention daily— aX least, 
avoid long intermissions in your phonographic studies. Labor overcomes every 
obstacle. Perse ve be. * 



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